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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Beck was being bombarded by the press.
(c) Beck was still up on the mountain.
(d) The caller was implying that Beck would probably die.

3. What does Peach do to help Beck?
(a) She sends a frostbite specialist to Nepal from Germany.
(b) She sends a frostbite specialist to Nepal from Russia.
(c) She arranged for him to be rescued and cared for.
(d) Starts a prayer chain.

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

5. What does the caller tell Peach about Beck?
(a) He was in the hospital at Katmandu.
(b) He died on Everest.
(c) He would be delayed getting off the mountain for a few days.
(d) He was off the mountain but under arrest for not getting the proper permits.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Beck get to Lukla once he was in Nepal?

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

3. Who is Rob?

4. Who were out in full force in Nepal when news of Beck's rescue was known?

5. What had Peach planned to tell Beck after his climbing Mount Everest before Beck was injured?

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