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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attended the meal with Beck and other climbers on the summit of Mount Elbrus?
(a) Prostitutes.
(b) Some Russian soldiers.
(c) No one.
(d) Some Polish factory workers.

2. What does Peach do to help Beck?
(a) She arranged for him to be rescued and cared for.
(b) Starts a prayer chain.
(c) She sends a frostbite specialist to Nepal from Germany.
(d) She sends a frostbite specialist to Nepal from Russia.

3. What was Peace thinking about while Beck was out climbing?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Her children missing their dad.
(c) Her career.
(d) Nothing in particular.

4. What did both of Peach's grandmothers have in common?
(a) They lost their husbands to sudden death.
(b) They were doctors in a time when women seldom entered that field.
(c) They loved hiking and the outdoors.
(d) They were survivors of the war in Poland.

5. Where is Mount Aconcagua?
(a) In Central America.
(b) In Iceland.
(c) In the Argentine Andes.
(d) In Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who went to find Beck and Yasuko after the storm abated?

2. What advice did the group at base camp receive?

3. Where did Beck start school for the first grade?

4. Why did Beck try different challenges in the early years of his marriage?

5. How did Peach's father die?

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