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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who came by and offered Beck assistance?
(a) Steve Mills.
(b) Jon Krakauer.
(c) Two Sherpas.
(d) No one.

2. What seemed to be the only way Beck could be happy?
(a) Away from work.
(b) Feeling needed.
(c) Going from goal to goal.
(d) Being in danger.

3. 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) Two medical doctors arrive and take him out.
(d) He is unable to get out of his sleeping bag.

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

5. Between what two points of view does Chapter 13 switch?
(a) Beck and Rob Hall.
(b) Beck and his son.
(c) Peach and Beck.
(d) Beck and his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Beck decide to stay put for a while?

2. Where did Beck decide to attend college?

3. What did Beck climb in Mexico in 1990?

4. Why did Beck have trouble seeing as he descended the mountain on his second climb?

5. Whom did Rob get to talk with before he died?

(see the answer key)

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