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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Beck enjoy doing after they moved to Dallas when he was not working?
(a) Meeting his buddies at the bars.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Running.
(d) Building model planes.

2. How old was Beck when he became President in number 111?
(a) 35.
(b) 42.
(c) 44.
(d) 39.

3. How did Peach's father die?
(a) His plane was shot down over Germany.
(b) Radiation poisoning.
(c) He died of old age.
(d) He was lost on an expedition to the Arctic Circle.

4. What did Beck look forward to seeing on his climb of Mount Elbrus?
(a) A plant that only grew on this mountain.
(b) The bust of Lenin.
(c) The American flag planted thirty years earlier.
(d) The view where he could see eight different countries.

5. Why did Beck try different challenges in the early years of his marriage?
(a) Unhappiness in his marriage.
(b) Harold challenged him to do so.
(c) His brother challeneged him to do so.
(d) He had a lot of vacation.

6. What does Beck do when he slips back into a depression after his presidency ended?
(a) He began to rely upon Peach more.
(b) He began to hike.
(c) He began to take drugs for the depression.
(d) He began to play tennis again.

7. What did Peach feel about her nickname later in her marriage?
(a) It was a part of losing her own identity.
(b) It kept her feeling connected to her home roots.
(c) It made her feel as though no one took her seriously.
(d) It made Beck happy.

8. What happened to Beck as a freshman in college?
(a) He slipped into a depression.
(b) He tried out for the crew team and did not make it.
(c) He tried out for the tennis team and did not make it.
(d) He tried out for the lacrosse team and did not make it.

9. Where did Beck spend his early years?
(a) Germany.
(b) Philippines.
(c) Korea.
(d) Japan.

10. What did Beck decide to do instead of suicide?
(a) Climb.
(b) Divorce his wife.
(c) Bike across the United States.
(d) Quit his job.

11. Where did Beck learn survival skills?
(a) Boy Scouts.
(b) 4-H.
(c) Campfire Boys.
(d) An old war buddy of Beck's father's.

12. Where did Beck start school for the first grade?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Biloxi.

13. What did Peach major in during college?
(a) Political science.
(b) English.
(c) Nursing.
(d) Physical education.

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

15. What did Beck's father use to combat negative feelings?
(a) Religion.
(b) Making furniture.
(c) Success at work.
(d) Alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beck's father do during the war years?

2. Of what did Beck become President in 1982?

3. What did Meg ask her father never to do?

4. What did Beck decide to major in at college?

5. Where did Beck go hunting on a family vacation?

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