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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 at base camp?
(a) Aprehensive.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Exhileration.
(d) Tired.

2. What did Peach not realize when someone called her and said Beck was alive?
(a) Beck was being bombarded by the press.
(b) Beck was considered a hero for saving another climber.
(c) The caller was implying that Beck would probably die.
(d) Beck was still up on the mountain.

3. Where is Beck Weathers trapped?
(a) Life Zone, Mount Everest.
(b) No Man's Land, Mount Everest.
(c) Death Zone, Mount Everest.
(d) Climber's Hollow, Mount Everest.

4. What does Beck do when he slips back into a depression after his presidency ended?
(a) He began to take drugs for the depression.
(b) He began to play tennis again.
(c) He began to rely upon Peach more.
(d) He began to hike.

5. What did Beck decide to major in at college?
(a) Biology.
(b) Writing.
(c) Pre-med.
(d) Engineering.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the second in command take over on the Aconcagua climb?

2. Whom did Peach contact that was able to help them?

3. What trail did Beck hike to get to Everest?

4. What did Beck decide to do instead of suicide?

5. With whom do the climbers meet up when climbing down the mountain?

(see the answer key)

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