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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through North Col—Stuck in the Monsoon Snow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche, where did the climbing team decide to walk to in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter?
(a) Kathmandu.
(b) Uemura.
(c) Tibet.
(d) Lukla.

2. When the CMA granted Messner a permit in the Kanchung chapter, approximately how much did Messner believe the expedition would cost?
(a) $60,000.
(b) $40,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $80,000.

3. How many prefectures is Tibet divided into?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

4. What was the Potala that Messner spied sitting on the Marpori in the Tibet chapter?i
(a) A palace.
(b) A castle.
(c) A home.
(d) A fortress.

5. When the British expedition returned to Everest in 1924, how many times were the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold?
(a) Three times.
(b) Two times.
(c) One time.
(d) Four times.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Messner spied some Sherpas that he knew in the Tibet chapter, where did Messner know the Sherpas from?

2. Upon his return to Germany in the Kanchung chapter, how long was Messner detained in Frankfurt's passport control?

3. How many people were involved with the first group of foreign mountaineers to undertake an expedition in Tibet after the creation of the People's Republic?

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

5. Who was the third person to unsuccessfully climb Mount Everest solo?

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