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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who initiates a helicopter rescue at Base Camp Two for Beck?
(a) Beck's brother.
(b) Yasuko's family.
(c) Peach.
(d) Beck's parents.

2. Where did Beck go after graduating with a B.S.?
(a) To teach in his hometown.
(b) University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.
(c) Temple University School of Dentistry.
(d) To live in Eurpoe for a while.

3. What did Peach tell Beck when he talked to her?
(a) Beck's brother is enroute to meet Beck.
(b) She hoped this cured him of his obsession with climbing.
(c) His father has had a heart attack.
(d) Nothing; they were unable to talk.

4. What did Beck nickname his depression?
(a) The Dark Hound.
(b) The Black Dog.
(c) The Black Miasma.
(d) The Thing.

5. What did Beck find on his second major climb?
(a) He did not really enjoy climbing.
(b) He did not have any problem with altitude sickness.
(c) Corpses of other climbers.
(d) He was stronger than his climbing buddies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Sherpas?

2. Where did Beck's family move in 1954?

3. How did Beck feel about his role as a father?

4. Why did Beck try different challenges in the early years of his marriage?

5. How soon did Beck's group leave base camp after descending from the summit of Vinson Massif?

(see the answer key)

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