View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did people at base camp tell Peach?
(a) Beck was dead.
(b) Beck was fine but still on his way down to base camp.
(c) Beck was in a Hyperthermic coma but was airlifted to the hospital.
(d) Beck was fine and on his way to Katmandu.

2. How soon did Beck's group leave base camp after descending from the summit of Vinson Massif?
(a) The next day.
(b) Several weeks later because of several storms that came through.
(c) Within hours.
(d) A few days later because of the storm.

3. When did Beck propose to Peach?
(a) The night of his graduation.
(b) When Peach told him she was accepting a job in New Mexico.
(c) When Peach told him she was dating another man.
(d) He never officially proposed.

4. How long did Peach give Beck to demonstrate that he had changed?
(a) Six months.
(b) No time.
(c) A year.
(d) Five years.

5. Why did Beck have trouble seeing as he descended the mountain on his second climb?
(a) Ice kept forming on his goggles.
(b) His glasses kept fogging up.
(c) His goggles were cracked.
(d) His eyes were too dry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who impressed Beck on the helicopter ride to Cartensz Pyramid?

2. What did Peach not realize when someone called her and said Beck was alive?

3. What did Beck's father use to combat negative feelings?

4. What does the caller tell Peach about Beck?

5. Who fell 150 feet into a crevasse that Beck heard about?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 320 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample