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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Beck learn survival skills?
(a) 4-H.
(b) Campfire Boys.
(c) Boy Scouts.
(d) An old war buddy of Beck's father's.

2. What is the setting at the opening of Chapter 2?
(a) Back at Beck's home in the United States.
(b) Back at Beck's home in Canada.
(c) The airport before the expedition.
(d) Halfway up Mount Everest.

3. What happened as the sun began to set?
(a) His best friend fell to his death.
(b) His guide returned.
(c) Another group came down off the summit past Beck.
(d) The wind picked up, and Beck's vision blurred again.

4. What is Peach's real name?
(a) Margaret Olson.
(b) Patricia Wade.
(c) Margaret Wade.
(d) Patricia Olson.

5. About what did Beck write while in base camp?
(a) His goals and aspirations for his life.
(b) The history of the climbing of Mount Everest.
(c) A novel he was writing about climbers.
(d) His family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Anatoli Boukreev?

2. Who is Madan?

3. Who went to find Beck and Yasuko after the storm abated?

4. Why do the climbers have to stay in a base camp for a while?

5. Why was Beck almost suffocated in his tent?

(see the answer key)

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