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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Beck feel competitive when he started dating Peach?
(a) No one.
(b) Howard.
(c) Dan.
(d) Peach's mother and grandmother.

2. What did Beck look forward to seeing on his climb of Mount Elbrus?
(a) The bust of Lenin.
(b) A plant that only grew on this mountain.
(c) The American flag planted thirty years earlier.
(d) The view where he could see eight different countries.

3. How did Peach's father die?
(a) He died of old age.
(b) Radiation poisoning.
(c) He was lost on an expedition to the Arctic Circle.
(d) His plane was shot down over Germany.

4. What does Peach say Beck's obsession with climbing was doing?
(a) Breaking up their family.
(b) Making them poor.
(c) Making him unhappy.
(d) Giving him a way to get out of his depression.

5. Upon what did Meg reflect when she thought her father was dead?
(a) She was sad but at least the fighting between her parents was over.
(b) She did not believe he was dead.
(c) She had told her father not to go.
(d) What life would be like without her dad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Beck fight sleep?

2. How many in Beck's group made it to the summit?

3. Why didn't Beck join the group that was headed down the mountain?

4. What did Beck forget to do for their wedding night?

5. What did both of Peach's grandmothers have in common?

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