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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 had Peach planned to tell Beck after his climbing Mount Everest before Beck was injured?
(a) They had to go to counseling.
(b) The marriage was over.
(c) She was moving to California to accept a job.
(d) She was seeing another man.

2. Who is Meg?
(a) A female climber from England.
(b) Beck's daughter.
(c) Beck's wife.
(d) A female climber from Australia.

3. In what condition is Yasuko?
(a) She can't be found.
(b) She is dead.
(c) She is well but has some frostbite on her feet.
(d) Hyperthermic coma.

4. What did the camp do when Beck arrived?
(a) Got hot food and liquids in him.
(b) Put him into a medical coma for carrying off the mountain.
(c) Began warming his frostbite areas.
(d) Radioed down the mountain.

5. Who is Madan?
(a) The helicopter pilot.
(b) Beck's best friend.
(c) Beck's brother.
(d) A medical doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who initiates a helicopter rescue at Base Camp Two for Beck?

2. Why did Beck feel guilty?

3. Who is Anatoli Boukreev?

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

5. What did people at base camp tell Peach?

(see the answer key)

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