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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 is Meg?
(a) A female climber from England.
(b) Beck's daughter.
(c) A female climber from Australia.
(d) Beck's wife.

2. What did Beck do around 4 p.m.?
(a) Opened his eyes.
(b) Gave Yasuko mouth to mouth resuscitation.
(c) Called his wife on his cell phone.
(d) Began to ascend to find Rob Hall.

3. Whom did Rob get to talk with before he died?
(a) His fiance.
(b) His pregnant wife.
(c) His three daughters.
(d) His parents.

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

5. What did Dan say about Beck as far as being competitive?
(a) He never did anything that competed against someone else.
(b) He hated competition but excelled at it.
(c) He was highly competitive.
(d) He hated doing things that were competitive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Beck go after graduating with a B.S.?

2. With whom did Beck feel competitive when he started dating Peach?

3. Who is Anatoli Boukreev?

4. Where did Beck learn survival skills?

5. What did Beck's father do during the war years?

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