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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Beck lost the use of ____________.
(a) His hands.
(b) His left eye.
(c) His left ear.
(d) His sense of smell.

2. What did Beck's father do?
(a) An aviator.
(b) A writer.
(c) A physician.
(d) An architect.

3. Why did Beck feel guilty?
(a) He was crippled and would not be able to support his family anymore.
(b) His brother lost his job when he came to help Beck in Nepal.
(c) He put his wife through such emotional anguish.
(d) He survived when others did not.

4. What did Beck learn on Longs Peak?
(a) How to climb rocks.
(b) The meaning of perseverance.
(c) How to conserve one's energy.
(d) How to quit gracefully.

5. How long did Peach give Beck to demonstrate that he had changed?
(a) Six months.
(b) A year.
(c) Five years.
(d) No time.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Beck and Peach meet?

2. Why is Peach frustrated?

3. Between what two points of view does Chapter 13 switch?

4. Where did Beck learn survival skills?

5. What time does the narration flash back to in Chapter 11?

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