2. Why did the Austrians climbers Waschak and Forstenlechner stop climbing and wait at the Spider during their ascent?
(a) Waschak felt ill.
(b) They didn't want to finish the ascent before the Swiss.
(c) Forstenlechner was injured.
(d) They ran out of supplies.

3. What problem did Heckmair have during the night?
(a) His hands began to freeze.
(b) His stomach was upset.
(c) His rope sling began to slip.
(d) Rocks slid down and hit his arm.

4. What obstacle befell Buhl and his group on the Spider during the 1952 climb?
(a) A boulder falling.
(b) Surging waterfalls.
(c) Impassible ice.
(d) An avalanche.

5. How far did the first party to attempt to climb the North Face go on their second day?
(a) 300 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(b) 900 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(c) 600 feet up and across the First Ice Field.
(d) 1,200 feet up and across the First Ice Field.

6. How many nights did Pierre Julien and Maurice Coutin spend on the mountain during their 1952 climb?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

7. What day did Harrer and Kasparek begin their 1938 climb of the North Face?
(a) July 14.
(b) July 28.
(c) July 21.
(d) July 7.

8. Why does Harrer write about the North Face of the Eiger?
(a) It is the side that he chose to climb.
(b) It was the first side climbed.
(c) It is the hardest to climb.
(d) It is the only climbable face.

9. What caused the people on the ground to lose sight of the first climbers up the North Face on their third day?
(a) A ledge of the mountain.
(b) A curve around the mountain.
(c) Heavy snowfall.
(d) A cloud of mist.

10. Where did Otto and Sepp Maag join up with Buhl and his partner?
(a) The Third Ice Field.
(b) The Rote Fluh.
(c) The Second Ice Field.
(d) The Mittellegi Hut.

11. What does the author say that true climbers want, in his criticism of media coverage of attempts to climb the North Face?
(a) Glory.
(b) Accomplishment.
(c) Honor.
(d) Solitude.

12. How many parties left the Eiger without an attempt to climb the North Face in 1937, due to bad weather?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

13. Where did Rebitsch and Vörg climb to, after spending the night on the mountain?
(a) The Death Bivouac.
(b) The Mittellegi Hut.
(c) The railroad tunnel.
(d) The Hintertoisser Traverse.

14. What did Kasparek do to make progress over the Second Ice Field easier?
(a) He hacked steps into the ice with an axe.
(b) He sprinkled salt on the ice.
(c) He crushed the top layer of ice with a grinding tool.
(d) He strung a rope across the ice field.

15. Where did Harrer and Kasparek camp after their first day climbing the North Face?
(a) Below the Third Ice Field.
(b) Below the Second Ice Field.
(c) At the Flatiron.
(d) At the Death Bivouac.