Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Beck Weathers
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Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Beck Weathers
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Beck Weathers trapped?

3. What did Beck feel at base camp?

4. In what condition was Beck?

5. How does Beck get out of his sleeping bag?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Beck's longtime recovery proceed?

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

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

4. What happened after Mike Groom arrived?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Beck was reliant on those closest to him, including Peach. He underwent physical and emotional pain as he dealt with people's reactions to his unsightly body and fought infections. He had eleven surgeries over the next year. The pain was excruciating.

1. Do you think the average person would resent his or her life becoming more difficult because of a spouse's poor choice? In other words, all of a sudden Peach is faced with having to do many tasks her husband cannot do for himself, as the the result of him being determined to climb a mountain she asked him not to climb. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Humans often have a tendency to think someone deserves pain or suffering if they are the cause of their suffering. Beck chose to climb, even when his daughter and wife asked him not to do it. Does Beck deserve his suffering? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Everyone has done something unwise and suffered the consequences of the behavior. Do you think the consequences of a bad choice is the best way for a person to grow? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Left for Dead is a memoir by Beck Weathers. Discuss the following:

1. Define the word "genre" in the context of literary criticism.

2. Why do you think literature is categorized by genre?

3. Does it help to know how a book is categorized as to its genre before reading it? Explain.

4. Memoir used to be considered inferior to what are considered "the classics." Why do you think this is so? Do you believe a book such as Left for Dead is inferior to something such as A Tale of Two Cities? Explain.

5. What is your favorite genre and why?

Essay Topic 3

The topic of marriage is woven throughout Left for Dead. Discuss the following:

1. Discuss the attitudes toward marriage that Beck Weathers has as opposed to his wife's attitudes.

2. How much do you think Beck's depression influences his views of marriage? Discuss thoroughly using examples from the book.

3. Compare/contrast the normal American view of marriage with Beck's. How are their views similar? Different? Which views are more like your own?

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