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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Beck have a difficult time reading?
(a) His weak eyes.
(b) One of his eyes was blind.
(c) His first language was Japanese.
(d) He was dyslexic.

2. What did Beck look forward to seeing on his climb of Mount Elbrus?
(a) A plant that only grew on this mountain.
(b) The view where he could see eight different countries.
(c) The American flag planted thirty years earlier.
(d) The bust of Lenin.

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

4. Whom did Beck closely support as he was dying?
(a) Dan.
(b) Mel.
(c) Howard.
(d) Peach's sister.

5. From where did the call come that told Peach that Beck had been successfully airlifted off the mountain?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Nepal.
(c) Australia.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Peach think Beck climbed mountains?

2. What did both of Peach's grandmothers have in common?

3. From whose point of view is part of Chapter 9?

4. What did Beck's stories cause some people to do?

5. What side of Everest was Beck's group planning to climb?

(see the answer key)

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