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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. From whose point of view is part of Chapter 9?
(a) Rob's brother.
(b) Yasuko's family.
(c) Beck's son.
(d) Cecilia Boone.

3. What did Beck climb in Mexico in 1990?
(a) Two volcanos.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A series of crevasses.
(d) The pyramid of the Sun.

4. What does Dan learn about as much as possible?
(a) The situation that led to Beck's almost dying.
(b) How Beck and Peach felt towards each other.
(c) Beck's medical condition.
(d) The other climbers' fates.

5. How did Beck's brother Dan energize himself?
(a) Activity.
(b) Acting.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Fanatasy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice did the group at base camp receive?

2. What did Beck say he blamed for his unhappiness?

3. Where is Mount Aconcagua?

4. What did Peach feel about her nickname later in her marriage?

5. What did Beck find on his second major climb?

(see the answer key)

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