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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Beck find a pipe wrench?
(a) Hanging from a tree on Mount Fuji.
(b) In his garage.
(c) Sitting on top of a flat boulder at the summit of Mount Fuji.
(d) On the pedestal that was supposed to hold Lenin's bust.

2. What gave Beck motivation?
(a) Thinking about getting Yasuko to safety.
(b) He heard God's voice in his head.
(c) Thinking about his family.
(d) He saw a bright light that went ahead of him.

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

4. What is one thing Beck liked about Peach?
(a) How sensitive she was to others.
(b) Her adventurous nature.
(c) Her determination to suceed even though she did not excel academically.
(d) Her need to have him around.

5. What did Beck say he blamed for his unhappiness?
(a) His job.
(b) His inability to relax.
(c) Peach.
(d) His children.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whose family did Beck meet?

2. With whom did Beck feel competitive when he started dating Peach?

3. What did Peach not realize when someone called her and said Beck was alive?

4. In what year did Beck and Peach meet?

5. What did Beck's climbing companion want Beck to decide on their way down the mountain?

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