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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Beck decide to attend college?
(a) Mississippi State.
(b) Yale.
(c) Purdue.
(d) Midwestern State.

2. Where did Beck find a pipe wrench?
(a) In his garage.
(b) Sitting on top of a flat boulder at the summit of Mount Fuji.
(c) On the pedestal that was supposed to hold Lenin's bust.
(d) Hanging from a tree on Mount Fuji.

3. Who is with Beck Weathers?
(a) His best friend.
(b) Dozens of climbers.
(c) His wife and a Sherpa guide.
(d) No one.

4. What did Beck's climbing companion want Beck to decide on their way down the mountain?
(a) If they were going to keep climbing.
(b) If Beck could handle the Himalayas.
(c) If Beck could handle the Alps.
(d) If Beck was divorcing Peach.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Beck propose to Peach?

2. Why did Beck try different challenges in the early years of his marriage?

3. How did Beck think of himself in high school?

4. With what does Beck compare facing death?

5. Where did Beck decide to climb after his climb in Colorado?

(see the answer key)

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