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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the climbers have to stay in a base camp for a while?
(a) To become acclimated to the altitude.
(b) To become acclimated to the cold.
(c) To learn how to climb.
(d) To build up muscle.

2. Where is Beck Weathers trapped?
(a) Life Zone, Mount Everest.
(b) Death Zone, Mount Everest.
(c) No Man's Land, Mount Everest.
(d) Climber's Hollow, Mount Everest.

3. What does the caller tell Peach about Beck?
(a) He was in the hospital at Katmandu.
(b) He was off the mountain but under arrest for not getting the proper permits.
(c) He died on Everest.
(d) He would be delayed getting off the mountain for a few days.

4. Who fell to his death in Beck's party?
(a) A Sherpa.
(b) A Taiwanese climber.
(c) A Japanese climber.
(d) An English climber.

5. Who is Meg?
(a) Beck's wife.
(b) A female climber from England.
(c) A female climber from Australia.
(d) Beck's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Anatoli Boukreev?

2. Who fell 150 feet into a crevasse that Beck heard about?

3. What happened as the sun began to set?

4. How many in Beck's group made it to the summit?

5. What is the date when the book opens?

(see the answer key)

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