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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 time does the narration flash back to in Chapter 11?
(a) When Beck is climbing in Iceland.
(b) When Beck is climbing Mount Fuji.
(c) Beck's childhood.
(d) Beck talking to his wife before leaving for Nepal.

2. Why is Peach frustrated?
(a) She cannot talk to Beck.
(b) She cannot get a flight to Nepal.
(c) She is receiving conflicting news.
(d) No one is there to help her dying husband.

3. Who fell 150 feet into a crevasse that Beck heard about?
(a) A Russian climber.
(b) A British climber.
(c) A Sherpa.
(d) A Swiss climber.

4. Where did Beck's family move in 1954?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Washington, D. C.
(c) San Bernadino.
(d) Tampa.

5. How did Peach's father die?
(a) Radiation poisoning.
(b) He was lost on an expedition to the Arctic Circle.
(c) His plane was shot down over Germany.
(d) He died of old age.

Short Answer Questions

1. How low did the temperature go where Beck trapped?

2. Where did Beck stay for a couple days before heading to Lukla?

3. Why was Beck almost suffocated in his tent?

4. For what was Beck particularly concerned when they began their assault for the summit?

5. Why did Beck avoid sports in high school?

(see the answer key)

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