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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Krakauer to clear the ice from his oxygen equipment in order to make sure it's functioning?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Andy Harris
(c) Beck Weathers
(d) Doug Hansen

2. Who is not wearing his goggles, although he is quickly reminded to do so?
(a) Mike Groom
(b) Stuart Hutchison
(c) Neil Beidleman
(d) John Krakauer

3. Who is waiting for Fischer when he reaches the Everest summit because he feels indebted to him?
(a) Lopsang
(b) No one
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Doug Hansen

4. Whose advice does Krakauer seek out as he deals with the horrors of the aftermath of the tragedy?
(a) Schoening
(b) Tenzing
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Sir Edmund Hillary

5. Who, besides Harris, is said to be missing at this point of the story?
(a) Namba
(b) Beck Weathers
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Rob Hall

Short Answer Questions

1. Who blames himself for bringing bad luck to Fischer?

2. Who insists the team should not leave the camp while Hall is still up on the mountain?

3. Who does Krakauer ask to turn down his tank of oxygen in order to conserve oxygen?

4. Which team does Krakauer think he sees through his camera lens as he looks up at the summit?

5. Who is severely injured in a bus accident while in his native country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the physical effects of Weathers' miraculous rescue and recovery from Everest?

2. What does David Brashears note about the team Beidleman has taken into Camp Three?

3. Why does Mike Groom give Krakauer his tank of oxygen?

4. Why does Krakauer move quickly on his way up to Camp Three?

5. What does Krakauer tell Hutchison to do?

6. What items was Krakauer going to take out of his pack when he got to the summit, although he decides not to once he is there?

7. What do the Japanese climbers do when they find the bodies of the Indian climbers?

8. What happens to Krakauer and other climbers from Hall's group when they fly back to Katmandu?

9. What does Krakauer observe about Beidleman?

10. What does Groom say about the tanks of oxygen at the South Summit, even though Harris was mistaken about this fact?

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