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

2. Whom did Peach contact that was able to help them?
(a) The American Embassy in India.
(b) Tom Daschle.
(c) The American Embassy in Tibet.
(d) A Senator from Louisiana who a friend knew.

3. Who came down the mountain after the man who offered Beck assistance?
(a) No one.
(b) Mike Groom and Yasuko.
(c) Rob.
(d) Yasuko.

4. What was the weather like eighteen hours earlier than when the book opens?
(a) Sleeting.
(b) Excellent.
(c) Foggy.
(d) Rainy.

5. Whom did Rob get to talk with before he died?
(a) His parents.
(b) His pregnant wife.
(c) His fiance.
(d) His three daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the caller tell Peach about Beck?

2. From where did the call come that told Peach that Beck had been successfully airlifted off the mountain?

3. What surprised Peach while Beck was in base camp before he even started the climb?

4. Where did Beck stay for a couple days before heading to Lukla?

5. After how long was Beck not to try to rejoin the group when he stopped?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Beck end up making it back to Camp IV?

2. What happened after Mike Groom arrived?

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

4. What did Beck say was the reason he climbed, and what was the impact of his climbing on his family?

5. How did Beck communicate with his family during most climbs, and how did he do so on the Everest expedition?

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

7. What does Beck say about hiking the Khumbu trail on his way to base camp?

8. Why did Dan fly to be with Beck while Beck was in a hotel recovering?

9. What did Beck say about a climber's drive?

10. Whom did Peach and her friends contact to get Beck off the mountain?

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