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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what was Aconcagua rife?
(a) Feral cats.
(b) Filth and disease.
(c) Illamas.
(d) Wild dogs.

2. What did Beck later realize about what he would do after climbing Everest?
(a) He would find some other dangerous sport to learn.
(b) He would go on to another mountain.
(c) He would be changed forever.
(d) He would go into another deep depression.

3. Beck lost the use of ____________.
(a) His left ear.
(b) His sense of smell.
(c) His hands.
(d) His left eye.

4. How soon did Beck's group leave base camp after descending from the summit of Vinson Massif?
(a) Several weeks later because of several storms that came through.
(b) The next day.
(c) Within hours.
(d) A few days later because of the storm.

5. What did Peach and the family think of Beck when he came home from a climb?
(a) He was being overly enthusiastic about the family.
(b) He missed the main reasons to climb.
(c) He did not know them.
(d) He wasn't really part of the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was getting Peach more and more frustrated about Beck?

2. What did Beck feel at base camp?

3. Who attended the meal with Beck and other climbers on the summit of Mount Elbrus?

4. Where is Mount Kilimanjaro?

5. Why didn't Beck know how badly his hands were injured after getting off Everest?

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