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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who came down the mountain after the man who offered Beck assistance?
(a) Yasuko.
(b) No one.
(c) Rob.
(d) Mike Groom and Yasuko.

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

3. Whom did Rob get to talk with before he died?
(a) His parents.
(b) His fiance.
(c) His three daughters.
(d) His pregnant wife.

4. In what condition was Beck?
(a) He is alive and talking.
(b) He has three inches of ice covering his entire body.
(c) Hyperthermic coma.
(d) Dead.

5. How does Beck get out of his sleeping bag?
(a) The winds from the storm.
(b) Two medical doctors arrive and take him out.
(c) He is unable to get out of his sleeping bag.
(d) He gets out in order to get more food.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what did Beck write while in base camp?

2. What is the date when the book opens?

3. What does Peach say Beck's obsession with climbing was doing?

4. Where did Beck go hunting on a family vacation?

5. From whose point of view is part of Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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