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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 Peach not realize when someone called her and said Beck was alive?
(a) Beck was considered a hero for saving another climber.
(b) The caller was implying that Beck would probably die.
(c) Beck was still up on the mountain.
(d) Beck was being bombarded by the press.

2. Why is Peach frustrated?
(a) She cannot get a flight to Nepal.
(b) She is receiving conflicting news.
(c) No one is there to help her dying husband.
(d) She cannot talk to Beck.

3. What was the weather like eighteen hours earlier than when the book opens?
(a) Sleeting.
(b) Excellent.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Foggy.

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

5. When did Beck's team make High Camp on the South Col?
(a) Late afternoon on schedule.
(b) Early afternoon.
(c) Late in the night.
(d) Mid-day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Beck feel at base camp?

3. Where did Dan meet Beck?

4. What was unusual about the conversation with Beck on Monday from Peach's point of view?

5. Where did Beck stay for a couple days before heading to Lukla?

(see the answer key)

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