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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 tells one of Fischer's Sherpas to stay behind?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) JohnKrakauer
(c) Lopsang
(d) Mike Groom
2. What is Krakauer handed when he arrives in Base Camp, causing him to sit down and realize just what he has been through?
(a) Computer
(b) Phone
(c) Beer
(d) Towel
3. Which climbers were found ill, but alive, although no one stopped to help them?
(a) South African
(b) Japanese
(c) Indian
(d) Chinese
4. What does the team Krakauer saw in his camera lens come back to Camp Four to report?
(a) They lost 2 men on the team
(b) Bad weather prevented them from reaching the top
(c) They reached the summit
(d) Illness throughout their team
5. Who, besides Harris, is said to be missing at this point of the story?
(a) Namba
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Beck Weathers
(d) Rob Hall
Short Answer Questions
1. What expedition also has just reached the top at about 4:00 P.M.?
2. Which team does Krakauer think he sees through his camera lens as he looks up at the summit?
3. Who said he just kept moving and didn't look back when he saw Namba couldn't stay upright in order to get back to camp?
4. Who admits he perhaps did not always speak up to the other guides when he should have?
5. Where does the bottleneck of climbers form as the team descends Mount Everest?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Groom say about the tanks of oxygen at the South Summit, even though Harris was mistaken about this fact?
2. What does Brashears radio into camp as many of the climbers are at Camp Two?
3. What are the physical effects of Weathers' miraculous rescue and recovery from Everest?
4. When Hall doesn't tell his group when they will be turning back when they reach the summit, what does Krakauer interpret this to mean?
5. Why does Pittman fall to the ground as they are approaching the summit?
6. What does David Brashears note about the team Beidleman has taken into Camp Three?
7. What risks go up as the oxygen in Krakauer's tank begins to decrease?
8. Why does Mike Groom give Krakauer his tank of oxygen?
9. What does Krakauer tell Hutchison to do?
10. What has happened to Weathers, according to Hutchison's discovery?
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