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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 surprised Peach while Beck was in base camp before he even started the climb?
(a) He wrote and said it would be his last climb.
(b) He called her.
(c) He sent her faxes.
(d) He wrote her two letters.

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

3. What did some of Beck's friends realize about Beck's climbing hobby?
(a) It was a substitute for an interesting job.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It was a subsitute for living with his family.
(d) It might be getting dangerous.

4. Who came by and offered Beck assistance?
(a) Two Sherpas.
(b) No one.
(c) Jon Krakauer.
(d) Steve Mills.

5. Who is Anatoli Boukreev?
(a) The man who rescued Rob.
(b) A Russian guide.
(c) A Russian first-time climber.
(d) A Sherpa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beck find on his second major climb?

2. With what was Aconcagua rife?

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

4. What did Peach feel about her nickname later in her marriage?

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

(see the answer key)

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