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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is with Beck Weathers?
(a) No one.
(b) Dozens of climbers.
(c) His wife and a Sherpa guide.
(d) His best friend.

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

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

5. How many in Beck's group made it to the summit?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gave Beck motivation?

2. Why is Peach frustrated?

3. Who came by and offered Beck assistance?

4. In what condition was Beck?

5. In what condition is Yasuko?

(see the answer key)

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