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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. Who is Anatoli Boukreev?
(a) The man who rescued Rob.
(b) A Russian first-time climber.
(c) A Russian guide.
(d) A Sherpa.

2. How does Beck get out of his sleeping bag?
(a) He is unable to get out of his sleeping bag.
(b) The winds from the storm.
(c) He gets out in order to get more food.
(d) Two medical doctors arrive and take him out.

3. After how long was Beck not to try to rejoin the group when he stopped?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 10 minutes.

4. Who fell 150 feet into a crevasse that Beck heard about?
(a) A Swiss climber.
(b) A British climber.
(c) A Sherpa.
(d) A Russian climber.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did the call come that told Peach that Beck had been successfully airlifted off the mountain?

2. Who went to find Beck and Yasuko after the storm abated?

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

4. Beck lost the use of ____________.

5. Who helped Beck fight sleep?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did three Sherpas and Stuart Hutchinson find after they set out to locate Yasuko and Beck?

3. What is the purpose of the climbers' stay at Base Camp?

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

5. What does the rest of Chapter 7 describe after Beck arrives at Camp II?

6. Why did the search party leave Beck and Yasuko where they found them?

7. What happened after Mike Groom arrived?

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

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

10. What did Beck say about a climber's drive?

(see the answer keys)

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