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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Beck Weathers trapped?
(a) Death Zone, Mount Everest.
(b) No Man's Land, Mount Everest.
(c) Climber's Hollow, Mount Everest.
(d) Life Zone, Mount Everest.

2. Who is Rob?
(a) Beck's guide.
(b) Beck's friend from Texas who is also climbing.
(c) Beck's son.
(d) Another first-time climber.

3. How low did the temperature go where Beck trapped?
(a) Minus sixty degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) Twenty degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) Minus five degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) Two degrees Fahrenheit.

4. What does the caller tell Peach about Beck?
(a) He would be delayed getting off the mountain for a few days.
(b) He was in the hospital at Katmandu.
(c) He was off the mountain but under arrest for not getting the proper permits.
(d) He died on Everest.

5. What was Beck descending?
(a) The Square above Camp Five.
(b) The Circle above Camp Two.
(c) The Rectangle below Camp Three.
(d) The Triangle above Camp Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Beck join the group that was headed down the mountain?

2. Why do the climbers have to stay in a base camp for a while?

3. What is the setting at the opening of Chapter 2?

4. What face did the climbers ascend over?

5. What side of Everest was Beck's group planning to climb?

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