2. What was Peace thinking about while Beck was out climbing?
(a) Her career.
(b) Nothing in particular.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Her children missing their dad.

3. What did Beck ask one man who was on the Aconcagua climb with Beck?
(a) Why Mount Everest is so difficult.
(b) If the man ever felt depressed while climbing.
(c) If the man had ever climbed.
(d) What it was like to climb Everest.

4. What did some of Beck's friends realize about Beck's climbing hobby?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It might be getting dangerous.
(c) It was a subsitute for living with his family.
(d) It was a substitute for an interesting job.

5. On what did Peach count on when she was thinking about divorce?
(a) Her parents' support.
(b) Her friends' support.
(c) Her children's support.
(d) Beck's generosity.

6. Where did Beck decide to climb after his climb in Colorado?
(a) Mount Shasta.
(b) Mount Fuji.
(c) Mount Olympus.
(d) Mount McKinley.

7. What did Beck forget to do for their wedding night?
(a) Reserve a room.
(b) Bring the ring.
(c) Bring the airline tickets.
(d) Reserve a taxi.

8. Where did Beck decide to attend college?
(a) Midwestern State.
(b) Mississippi State.
(c) Purdue.
(d) Yale.

9. When did Beck propose to Peach?
(a) When Peach told him she was accepting a job in New Mexico.
(b) He never officially proposed.
(c) When Peach told him she was dating another man.
(d) The night of his graduation.

10. Where is Mount Aconcagua?
(a) In Iceland.
(b) In Central America.
(c) In Canada.
(d) In the Argentine Andes.

11. With whom did Beck feel competitive when he started dating Peach?
(a) No one.
(b) Dan.
(c) Howard.
(d) Peach's mother and grandmother.

12. Who attended the meal with Beck and other climbers on the summit of Mount Elbrus?
(a) Some Polish factory workers.
(b) No one.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Some Russian soldiers.

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

14. Why did Beck have trouble seeing as he descended the mountain on his second climb?
(a) His glasses kept fogging up.
(b) His eyes were too dry.
(c) Ice kept forming on his goggles.
(d) His goggles were cracked.

15. Where did Beck's family move in 1954?
(a) Washington, D. C.
(b) San Bernadino.
(c) Tampa.
(d) San Antonio.