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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 nearly collapses at the top of the Hillary Step when climbing on Mount Everest?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) No one

2. Who says he is feeling lightheaded and unsure of himself, which might affect his decisions?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Mike Groom
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Stuart Hutchison

3. Who was killed in an avalanche on Everest the next year?
(a) Anatoli Bourkeev
(b) Mike Groom
(c) Lopsang
(d) Ang Dorje

4. What expedition also has just reached the top at about 4:00 P.M.?
(a) South African
(b) American
(c) Indian
(d) Chinese

5. What does the team Krakauer saw in his camera lens come back to Camp Four to report?
(a) Bad weather prevented them from reaching the top
(b) They lost 2 men on the team
(c) Illness throughout their team
(d) They reached the summit

Short Answer Questions

1. Which climbers were found ill, but alive, although no one stopped to help them?

2. Who assembles Fischer's team in order to continue their descent?

3. Who asks Krakauer to clear the ice from his oxygen equipment in order to make sure it's functioning?

4. Who was supposed to have set up lines along the pathway up to the summit?

5. Who is NOT one of the climbers that decides to turn back when they realize they will reach the summit later than they should?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Krakauer tell Hutchison to do?

4. What does Krakauer realize about the hiker he thought to be Harris?

5. What risks go up as the oxygen in Krakauer's tank begins to decrease?

6. What has happened to Weathers, according to Hutchison's discovery?

7. Why does Pittman fall to the ground as they are approaching the summit?

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

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

10. Which route did the Indian team take in order to reach the summit?

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