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

2. With whose family did Beck meet?
(a) Yasuko.
(b) Doug.
(c) Rob.
(d) Andy.

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

4. About what did Beck write while in base camp?
(a) His goals and aspirations for his life.
(b) The history of the climbing of Mount Everest.
(c) A novel he was writing about climbers.
(d) His family.

5. From where did the call come that told Peach that Beck had been successfully airlifted off the mountain?
(a) India.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Nepal.
(d) Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what condition was Beck?

2. Where was Beck taken?

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

4. How did Beck contact his family while at base camp?

5. Who came down the mountain after the man who offered Beck assistance?

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