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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject did Beck's mother teach?
(a) Art.
(b) Science.
(c) Physical education.
(d) English.

2. How did Beck get to Lukla once he was in Nepal?
(a) Helicopter.
(b) Yaks.
(c) Hiking.
(d) Train.

3. What did Beck learn on Longs Peak?
(a) How to quit gracefully.
(b) How to conserve one's energy.
(c) The meaning of perseverance.
(d) How to climb rocks.

4. What did Beck climb in Mexico in 1990?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A series of crevasses.
(c) The pyramid of the Sun.
(d) Two volcanos.

5. What did Beck say he blamed for his unhappiness?
(a) His inability to relax.
(b) His job.
(c) His children.
(d) Peach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mount Kilimanjaro?

2. Who fell to his death in Beck's party?

3. What did Beck appreciate more after his experience on Everest?

4. Why did Beck say he would not initiate a divorce?

5. What did Peach tell Beck when he talked to her?

(see the answer key)

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