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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did Beck and Peach meet?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1979.

3. Who is Rob?
(a) Beck's son.
(b) Beck's guide.
(c) Beck's friend from Texas who is also climbing.
(d) Another first-time climber.

4. Who initiates a helicopter rescue at Base Camp Two for Beck?
(a) Peach.
(b) Yasuko's family.
(c) Beck's parents.
(d) Beck's brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do the climbers meet up when climbing down the mountain?

2. What had Peach planned to tell Beck after his climbing Mount Everest before Beck was injured?

3. Who fell 150 feet into a crevasse that Beck heard about?

4. What did Beck feel that he would some day do?

5. Why is Peach frustrated?

(see the answer key)

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