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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 whom did Beck learn about mountaineering?
(a) Bud.
(b) Harold.
(c) Ken.
(d) Dan.

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

3. What did Beck say he blamed for his unhappiness?
(a) His job.
(b) His children.
(c) His inability to relax.
(d) Peach.

4. What type of climbing was trickier than Beck realized?
(a) Glacier climbing.
(b) Repelling.
(c) Rock climbing.
(d) Crevasse climbing.

5. What did both of Peach's grandmothers have in common?
(a) They loved hiking and the outdoors.
(b) They were survivors of the war in Poland.
(c) They lost their husbands to sudden death.
(d) They were doctors in a time when women seldom entered that field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beck learn on Longs Peak?

2. How did Beck choose the mountains he climbed?

3. What did Beck do to his body as he was making it stronger?

4. What did Peach feel about her nickname later in her marriage?

5. What did Beck enjoy doing after they moved to Dallas when he was not working?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Beck blame Peace for his unhappiness and what is her response?

2. What did Kit relate about the Weathers' family life?

3. What does Peach write about the women in her family?

4. Discuss what Beck wrote about his parents in Chapter 11.

5. What did Beck and Peach say attracted each of them to the other?

6. What does Beck say about the early years of his marriage?

7. How did Beck and Peach end up back in Dallas?

8. What does Ken want Beck to decide while descending Mount McKinley? What is Beck's response?

9. What does Beck write about his experience climbing Mount McKinley?

10. What happened to Beck's emotional state during his first year at Midwestern?

(see the answer keys)

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