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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. What was one barrier between Boukreev and his clients?
(a) The language.
(b) Boukreev's expectations.
(c) The cost of the expedition.
(d) Boukreev's attitude.

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

3. What did Boukreev come across in Chapter 9, Camp II?
(a) A tank of oxygen.
(b) A yak carcass.
(c) A dead body.
(d) A package of cigarettes.

4. Who were Ngima Kale and Lopsang Jangbu?
(a) Cooks.
(b) Sherpas.
(c) Guides.
(d) Porters.

5. How much did Karen Dickinson owe Mountain Madness?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $2,500.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $20,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Boukreev need to procure?

2. What did the clients become obsessed with at Base Camp?

3. What caused problems on the trek to base camp?

4. What year does the book open?

5. Before the planned Everest climb, what high Himalayan peak had Boukreev already committed to help guide a team to climb?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Neal Beidleman recruit?

2. Describe the setting of the fixed ropes, in Chapter 11, Towards the Push.

3. What caused delays in getting equipment to base camp?

4. Who were the guides Fischer hired to lead his expedition?

5. What was the first major obstacle to the climb of Everest and how is it crossed?

6. Much of "The Climb" is aimed at defending Boukreev against accusations made about his conduct on the climb. What two defenses did the authors stress in Chapters 3 and 4?

7. Describe the problem with the oxygen, in Chapter 5, "The Trail to Everest."

8. About whom was Boukreev initially concerned?

9. What was Boukreev's initial reaction to meeting his climbers?

10. What was the original plan to get to base camp, and how was it changed?

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