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WorksheetsInto Thin Air Ch 1-3
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
What magazine did Jon Krakauer work for when sent to Nepal in 1996?
Outside
Mountain Climbing
Time
National Geographic
According to Krakauer, how much money was the average person paying to be guided up the mountain by an experienced guide?
$5,000
$25,000
$65,000
$115,000
Krakauer describes his feelings at the summit of Everest as ________.
uncaring and detached
elated and overjoyed
frightened and nervous
enriched and satisfied
Who does Krakauer run into near the summit that looks "hammered," weak, and exhausted?
Rob Hall
Scott Fischer
Ed Viesturs
Doug Hansen
What country was responsible for the first eight attempts to climb the summit of Mt. Everest?
Nepal
China
Tibet
Great Britain
Who were the first two people to summit Mt. Everest?
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Edmund Hillary and Ang Dorje
George Mallory and Tenzing Norgay
George Mallory and Ang Dorje
Who was Krakauer's childhood hero and whose kids he played with? He summited Everest from the dangerous West Ridge with Tom Hornbein.
John Glenn
Sandy Koufax
Johnny Unitas
Willi Unsoeld
True or False: Jon Krakauer was an experienced mountain climber before he attempted climbing Everest.
True
False
Who is the expedition leader for Jon Krakauer's Everest climb?
Scott Fischer
Ed Viesturs
Rob Hall
Edmund Hillary
What is a potential theme topic for the book?
love
hate
fear
friendship
Who did Krakauer feel most comfortable with on his climbing team?
Doug Hansen
Rob Hall
Ed Viesturs
Scott Fischer
Did Sir Edmund Hillary approve of Rob Hall's commercial expeditions?
yes
no
Had Krakauer ever climbed with such a large group?
yes
no
