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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What was the weather like eighteen hours earlier than when the book opens?
(a) Sleeting.
(b) Foggy.
(c) Excellent.
(d) Rainy.

3. What did Peach not realize when someone called her and said Beck was alive?
(a) Beck was being bombarded by the press.
(b) Beck was still up on the mountain.
(c) The caller was implying that Beck would probably die.
(d) Beck was considered a hero for saving another climber.

4. Who came down the mountain after the man who offered Beck assistance?
(a) Yasuko.
(b) Mike Groom and Yasuko.
(c) No one.
(d) Rob.

5. When did Beck's team make High Camp on the South Col?
(a) Late in the night.
(b) Early afternoon.
(c) Mid-day.
(d) Late afternoon on schedule.

6. With whom do the climbers meet up when climbing down the mountain?
(a) The IMAX film team.
(b) A group that included Beck's brother.
(c) A helicopter headed to get Yasuko.
(d) A medical doctor who saves Beck's life.

7. Who went to find Beck and Yasuko after the storm abated?
(a) Three Sherpas and Stuart Hutchinson.
(b) Rob Hall.
(c) Jon Krakauer.
(d) No one as the two were reported as dead.

8. Who were out in full force in Nepal when news of Beck's rescue was known?
(a) The Napalese people.
(b) The paparazzi.
(c) The Sherpas.
(d) Beck's family and friends.

9. What did the camp do when Beck arrived?
(a) Began warming his frostbite areas.
(b) Got hot food and liquids in him.
(c) Put him into a medical coma for carrying off the mountain.
(d) Radioed down the mountain.

10. Who helped Beck fight sleep?
(a) Jon.
(b) Yasuko.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Sandy.

11. Who came by and offered Beck assistance?
(a) Steve Mills.
(b) Jon Krakauer.
(c) No one.
(d) Two Sherpas.

12. Who are the Sherpas?
(a) A family that lived near the border of India and Nepal.
(b) Nepali climbing guides.
(c) A group of climbers from Russia.
(d) A group of monks from Tibet.

13. How did Beck contact his family while at base camp?
(a) Fax.
(b) He never contacted his family.
(c) Cell phone.
(d) Letters that a messenger took to Katmandu.

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

15. What surprised Peach while Beck was in base camp before he even started the climb?
(a) He wrote her two letters.
(b) He called her.
(c) He sent her faxes.
(d) He wrote and said it would be his last climb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the caller tell Peach about Beck?

2. Who is Anatoli Boukreev?

3. Where did Dan meet Beck?

4. Who is Rob?

5. What does Dan learn about as much as possible?

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