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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprised Peach while Beck was in base camp before he even started the climb?
(a) He wrote her two letters.
(b) He wrote and said it would be his last climb.
(c) He called her.
(d) He sent her faxes.

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

3. Beck lost the use of ____________.
(a) His sense of smell.
(b) His left eye.
(c) His left ear.
(d) His hands.

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

5. Who were out in full force in Nepal when news of Beck's rescue was known?
(a) The Sherpas.
(b) The paparazzi.
(c) Beck's family and friends.
(d) The Napalese people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Beck start school for the first grade?

2. Between what two points of view does Chapter 13 switch?

3. What did Beck's father use to combat negative feelings?

4. Where did Beck learn survival skills?

5. Of what did Beck become President in 1982?

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