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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 was the deputy leader of the 1975 Chinese expedition?
(a) Tabei.
(b) Ganpei.
(c) Tung.
(d) Phantog.

2. When Messner falls through a crevasse in the Chomolungma chapter, how far down does he fall?
(a) About 6 meters.
(b) About 8 meters.
(c) About 12 meters.
(d) About 4 meters.

3. As Messner passed 8000 meters, what did he liken his progress rate to?
(a) A moose.
(b) A yak.
(c) A snail.
(d) A hare.

4. As Messner and Nena gathered provisions in Peking in the Tibet chapter, they had an interpreter with them. What was the interpreter's name?
(a) Tsao.
(b) Cheng.
(c) Tian.
(d) Zhang.

5. How did Messner feel when he and Nena were in the ruins of the Rongbuk monastery in the Tibet chapter?
(a) Excited.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Sad.
(d) Alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the Chomolungma chapter opens and Messner finally began his ascent of Everest, how long had he been at an altitude of 5000 meters or higher?

2. What does Bodhisattva mean?

3. According to the Chomolungma chapter, how far of a hike was it from the standing camp and the high camp?

4. As Messner continued up the North Face, he did not notice that the weather had turned so bad that he should have turned back. Why did Messner not notice the changing weather?

5. When Messner reached an altitude of 7500 meters in the Chomolungma chapter, what did he see in the snow?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the North Col chapter, what was Messner's strongest experience when climbing?

2. What was the reaction of the world when the Chinese government announced that a Chinese expedition had successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1960?

3. According to Messner in the Chomolungma chapter, it would be impossible to reach the summit of Mount Everest without doing what first?

4. As Nena and Messner camped for the night at the Rongbuk river just at the edge of a village while waiting for the water to go down enough to safely cross the river in the Rongbuk chapter, what did Nena write that her big mistake of the night was?

5. Describe what a monsoon is.

6. In the Tibetan chapter, how did Messner describe the province of Szechuan?

7. As Messner's team traveled to the Nepalese border in the Rongbuk chapter, why did the area remind Messner of South Tyrol?

8. As Messner studied the North Col, what did he hope would hold true based on the sixteen year weather cycle?

9. In the Tibetan chapter, what were the two kinds of money Messner described during his time in Peking?

10. How did Messner react in the Chomolungma chapter when he escaped the crevasse alive?

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