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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What trail did Beck hike to get to Everest?
(a) Asra.
(b) Pokhran.
(c) Uru.
(d) Khumbu.

3. Why didn't Beck join the group that was headed down the mountain?
(a) He did not think they were competent.
(b) He still planned to reach the summit.
(c) He was delirious.
(d) He was waiting for his guide to return.

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

5. Who fell 150 feet into a crevasse that Beck heard about?
(a) A British climber.
(b) A Sherpa.
(c) A Swiss climber.
(d) A Russian climber.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Beck compare facing death?

2. Who is Meg?

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

4. Who helped Beck fight sleep?

5. What did Beck do around 4 p.m.?

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