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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whose family did Beck meet?
(a) Andy.
(b) Rob.
(c) Doug.
(d) Yasuko.

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

3. How did Beck get to Lukla once he was in Nepal?
(a) Train.
(b) Helicopter.
(c) Hiking.
(d) Yaks.

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

5. What does Peach do to help Beck?
(a) She sends a frostbite specialist to Nepal from Russia.
(b) She arranged for him to be rescued and cared for.
(c) She sends a frostbite specialist to Nepal from Germany.
(d) Starts a prayer chain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is with Beck Weathers?

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

3. How low did the temperature go where Beck trapped?

4. What was unusual about the conversation with Beck on Monday from Peach's point of view?

5. Why was Beck almost suffocated in his tent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom did Peach and her friends contact to get Beck off the mountain?

2. Describe the storm that pummels Beck's tent as he lay helpless inside.

3. How did Beck end up making it back to Camp IV?

4. What did Beck say was the reason he climbed, and what was the impact of his climbing on his family?

5. How did Beck communicate with his family during most climbs, and how did he do so on the Everest expedition?

6. What happened when the camp radioed down the mountain about Beck's arrival?

7. What is the date at the opening chapter and what is Beck doing?

8. How does Beck contrast current weather conditions with the conditions when he started up the summit eighteen hours earlier?

9. What does Peach say about Beck's and her relationship in Chapter 8?

10. What did Beck do while waiting to travel to base camp on Everest?

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