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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 bothered many people about Beck?
(a) His feeling sorry for himself.
(b) His not trying to save others that died on the mountain.
(c) His looks.
(d) His saying that no one should try to climb Everest.

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

3. Who are the Sherpas?
(a) Nepali climbing guides.
(b) A family that lived near the border of India and Nepal.
(c) A group of climbers from Russia.
(d) A group of monks from Tibet.

4. Why do the climbers have to stay in a base camp for a while?
(a) To become acclimated to the cold.
(b) To build up muscle.
(c) To learn how to climb.
(d) To become acclimated to the altitude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who fell to his death in Beck's party?

2. Upon what did Meg reflect when she thought her father was dead?

3. How many feet above sea level was the base camp?

4. About what did Beck write while in base camp?

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

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