The Final Assault

By Sir Edmund Hillary

P. 22

1. What was Sir Edmund Hillary the first person to ever do?

2. How many feet above sea level is Mt. Everest?

3. How many peaks has Hillary climbed that were over 20,000 feet?

4. How old was Tenzing Norgay when he started guiding climbers?

5. What year did Norgay climb Everest? Who was his climbing partner?

P. 25 - The Final Assault

1. What does the term "buffeted" mean?

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2. How much does Hillary's backpack weigh?

3. What are "crampons?'

4. Critical Viewing: Why do you think camps 8 and 9 are so close together compared with camps 3 and 4?

5. What is the name of Hillary's climbing partner?

P. 27

6. Who were Evans and Bordillon?

7. Reading Strategy: Is it fact or opinion that Norgay did not understand Hillary's explanation?

P. 28

8.What does "precipitous" mean?

P. 29

9. Literary Focus: How might Hillary's assessment of Norgay's skills differ from Norgay's perspective?

P. 30

10. What does "encroaching" mean?

P. 31

11. What happens to Tenzing's oxygen mask?

P. 32

12. What does "traversing" mean?

P. 33

13. Literary Focus: Which details reveal this is told from Hillary's perspective?

P. 34

14. What does "vociferous" mean?