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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 11, Toward the Push?
(a) April 25.
(b) April 27.
(c) April 23.
(d) April 21.

2. How many climbers did Neal Beidleman recruit?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

3. What change of plans did Fischer make leaving Kathmandu?
(a) Not to bring the oxygen.
(b) To fly directly to Syangboche.
(c) To fly directly to Lukla.
(d) To trek into Base Camp.

4. What outdoor sport did Klev participate in?
(a) Halfpipe snowboarding.
(b) Biatholon.
(c) Downhill skiing.
(d) Triathalons.

5. What did Fischer say to Boukreev, in Chapter 9, Camp II?
(a) "Anatoli, you did your work carelessly on the last excursion."
(b) "Anatoli, you did your work well on the last excursion."
(c) "Anatoli, you did your work poorly on the last excursion."
(d) "Anatoli, you did your work magnificenly on the last excursion."

6. What was Ngima Kale in charge of?
(a) Food preparation.
(b) Navigation.
(c) Base camp.
(d) High altitude.

7. What did the climbers do during their mandatory rest period at Camp II?
(a) Exercised regularly.
(b) Read books and watched movies.
(c) Played cards.
(d) Wrote letters to loved ones at home.

8. What did the climbers lack to be able to ascend the fixed ropes of the Lhotse Face?
(a) Flashlights.
(b) Headgear.
(c) Crampons.
(d) Radios.

9. On what date did the Mountain Madness climbers reach base camp?
(a) April 8.
(b) April 10.
(c) April 4.
(d) April 6.

10. At the end of Chapter 11, Toward the Push, Fischer joked that Boukreev and Adam were going to descend lower than base camp to ____.
(a) Rest and recuperate before the summit bid.
(b) Meet woman trekkers and drink beer.
(c) Bring supplies and oxygen to the rest of the crew.
(d) Play cards and gamble.

11. Why did Boukreev go to Russia?
(a) To procure additional ropes.
(b) To organize sponsorship for the climb.
(c) To negotiate funding of the trip.
(d) To secure the oxygen deal.

12. Before the Everest climb, what worried Boukreev?
(a) What he would do after the Everest climb.
(b) The late snow melt.
(c) The oxygen issue.
(d) The intentions of his boss.

13. What caused problems at the beginning of Chapter 5, The Trail to Everest?
(a) Maps.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Food.
(d) Oxygen.

14. What was Bourkeev's role in the book?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Summitt guide.
(c) Geologist.
(d) Sherpa.

15. When Fischer arrived in Nepal, how many days away were his clients?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 3 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Boukreev anxious about Lopsang?

2. What percentage of the clients did Beidleman believe would succeed?

3. What was samochuvstvie?

4. Who were Ngima Kale and Lopsang Jangbu?

5. What were the ages of Ngima and Lopsang?

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