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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 surprised Peach while Beck was in base camp before he even started the climb?
(a) He sent her faxes.
(b) He wrote and said it would be his last climb.
(c) He called her.
(d) He wrote her two letters.

2. Where did Dan meet Beck?
(a) In Ramstein, Germany.
(b) At a hotel where Beck is recovering.
(c) In Texas.
(d) In New York City.

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

4. Why did Beck feel guilty?
(a) He was crippled and would not be able to support his family anymore.
(b) He survived when others did not.
(c) He put his wife through such emotional anguish.
(d) His brother lost his job when he came to help Beck in Nepal.

5. How many feet above sea level was the base camp?
(a) 3200.
(b) 17,600.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 11,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beck do around 4 p.m.?

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

3. In what condition is Yasuko?

4. With whom do the climbers meet up when climbing down the mountain?

5. Whom did Rob get to talk with before he died?

(see the answer key)

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