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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhy does the author include a map of the world?to show how tall mountains can beto show how big North America isto show where some large mountain ranges areto show how many oceans there are in the world
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhere is Mount Everest?In AsiaIn AustraliaIn North AmericaIn South America
- 3. Multiple ChoiceFrom the picture of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the reader can guess that...it was easy for Hillary and Norgay to climb Mount Everestthe climbing equipment used in 1953 is similar to the equipment we have nowmountain climbing is a popular sport all over the worldHillary and Norgay had climbed many mountains before climbing Mount Everest
- 4. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the graphic feature "Survival Equipment", how do climbers use trekking poles?to break up iceto stay balancedto protect against the coldto signal to other climbers
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following can the reader learn from the image in the "Camp-to-Camp" section?Why climbers rest at the campsWhere Base Camp is locatedWhen the team reached the summitHow long the team had to wait at Camp Three
- 6. Multiple ChoiceFrom the text and graphic features, the reader learns that climbers use ladders that are...made from woodopen and close constantlyused only on Mount Everestused to cross cracks in the ice
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhy is it dangerous for climbers to spend more than ten minutes at the top of Mount Everest?There is not enough food.There is not enough snow.There is not enough oxygen.There is not enough sunshine.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat problem is Mount Everest facing today?Ice cracks and forms crevasses.Flooding is causing the snow to meltAvalanches are changing the landscape.Climbers have left tone of trash on the mountain.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich sentence from the selection is an opinion?Winter was over, but there had been a series of severe snowstormsThen the climbers headed out on the great ridge leading to the summit.They were climbing to the top of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain.If you've survived on Mount Everest, however, and reached the top, no goal seems too high!
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe author includes photographs with this selection to show...that it is about real people and placeshow hard it is to breathe without oxygenthat climbing mountains can be dangerous.how different kinds of mountains are formed.
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