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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Beck taken?
(a) A hospital in Ramstein, Germany.
(b) A hospital in New Delhi.
(c) A hospital in Pokhra.
(d) The American Embassy.

2. What does Peach say Beck's obsession with climbing was doing?
(a) Making him unhappy.
(b) Making them poor.
(c) Breaking up their family.
(d) Giving him a way to get out of his depression.

3. Who helped Beck fight sleep?
(a) Yasuko.
(b) Jon.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Sandy.

4. How low did the temperature go where Beck trapped?
(a) Minus five degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) Twenty degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) Two degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) Minus sixty degrees Fahrenheit.

5. What did Beck do around 4 p.m.?
(a) Gave Yasuko mouth to mouth resuscitation.
(b) Began to ascend to find Rob Hall.
(c) Opened his eyes.
(d) Called his wife on his cell phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Beck get to Lukla once he was in Nepal?

2. Whom did Peach contact that was able to help them?

3. How did Peach's father die?

4. What subject did Beck's mother teach?

5. When did Beck's team make High Camp on the South Col?

(see the answer key)

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