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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did people at base camp tell Peach?
(a) Beck was fine and on his way to Katmandu.
(b) Beck was in a Hyperthermic coma but was airlifted to the hospital.
(c) Beck was dead.
(d) Beck was fine but still on his way down to base camp.

2. Where did Beck stay for a couple days before heading to Lukla?
(a) In Pokhra.
(b) At a hotel in Katmandu.
(c) In India.
(d) In Tibet meditating.

3. With what does Beck compare facing death?
(a) The horror house at Halloween.
(b) He says there is no comparison.
(c) A nightmare.
(d) Living.

4. Why was Beck almost suffocated in his tent?
(a) The storm set up a wind vacuum.
(b) The storm blew the walls over his face.
(c) He does not almost suffocate.
(d) He vomited and almost suffocated in it.

5. Who helped Beck fight sleep?
(a) Yasuko.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Jon.
(d) Charlotte.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Beck feel at base camp?

3. Where was Beck taken?

4. Who is Meg?

5. What side of Everest was Beck's group planning to climb?

(see the answer key)

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