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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Kanchung—Taboos and Mysteries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, how far of a walk did the climbing team undertake to reach their new destination?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Two hours.

2. What was the nickname of Oswald Oelz?
(a) Magic.
(b) Bulle.
(c) Butte.
(d) Major.

3. In what year did Messner first ascend Everest?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1978.

4. When Messner realized that he needed a sponsor in order to gain access to the mountains in China, what did Messner consider offering to his sponsor in exchange for the sponsor's commitment to help Messner?
(a) Exclusive access.
(b) Book rights.
(c) Money.
(d) Film rights.

5. Which member of the British expedition was the last to see the two climbers who were lost on Everest on June 8, 1924?
(a) Nema.
(b) Irvine.
(c) Mallory.
(d) Odell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the CMA?

2. Who were the first group of foreign mountaineers to undertake an expedition in Tibet after the creation of the People's Republic?

3. How high did the second British expedition reach before being forced to descend the mountain because of a growing storm?

4. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, what season was it?

5. How many porters lost their lives when the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold in 1924?

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