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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 did Beck feel that he would some day do?
(a) Become an actor.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Become a senator or congressman.
(d) Climb Mt. Everest.

2. What did Peach tell Beck when he talked to her?
(a) His father has had a heart attack.
(b) Beck's brother is enroute to meet Beck.
(c) Nothing; they were unable to talk.
(d) She hoped this cured him of his obsession with climbing.

3. What happened to Beck as a freshman in college?
(a) He tried out for the crew team and did not make it.
(b) He tried out for the lacrosse team and did not make it.
(c) He slipped into a depression.
(d) He tried out for the tennis team and did not make it.

4. Where did Beck decide to climb after his climb in Colorado?
(a) Mount Olympus.
(b) Mount McKinley.
(c) Mount Shasta.
(d) Mount Fuji.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beck ask one man who was on the Aconcagua climb with Beck?

2. Why did Beck run out of food on his second major climb?

3. Where did Beck go hunting on a family vacation?

4. Where did Beck stay for a couple days before heading to Lukla?

5. Who is Howard?

(see the answer key)

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