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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Beck join the group that was headed down the mountain?
(a) He was delirious.
(b) He did not think they were competent.
(c) He still planned to reach the summit.
(d) He was waiting for his guide to return.

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

3. Why do the climbers have to stay in a base camp for a while?
(a) To learn how to climb.
(b) To build up muscle.
(c) To become acclimated to the cold.
(d) To become acclimated to the altitude.

4. What is the setting at the opening of Chapter 2?
(a) Back at Beck's home in Canada.
(b) The airport before the expedition.
(c) Back at Beck's home in the United States.
(d) Halfway up Mount Everest.

5. How did Beck contact his family while at base camp?
(a) Cell phone.
(b) He never contacted his family.
(c) Letters that a messenger took to Katmandu.
(d) Fax.

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

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

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

9. Who fell to his death in Beck's party?
(a) A Japanese climber.
(b) A Sherpa.
(c) A Taiwanese climber.
(d) An English climber.

10. Why was Beck almost suffocated in his tent?
(a) The storm blew the walls over his face.
(b) He does not almost suffocate.
(c) The storm set up a wind vacuum.
(d) He vomited and almost suffocated in it.

11. How did Beck feel about his role as a father?
(a) He was about the same as his own father had been.
(b) He was better than most of his friends.
(c) He had been a very good father.
(d) He did not do a very good job.

12. What does Peach do to help Beck?
(a) Starts a prayer chain.
(b) She sends a frostbite specialist to Nepal from Russia.
(c) She sends a frostbite specialist to Nepal from Germany.
(d) She arranged for him to be rescued and cared for.

13. Why did Beck decide to stay put for a while?
(a) He needed to use more oxygen.
(b) He lost his vision.
(c) His boot sole broke off.
(d) He lost a mitten.

14. Who is Rob?
(a) Beck's friend from Texas who is also climbing.
(b) Beck's son.
(c) Another first-time climber.
(d) Beck's guide.

15. In what condition was Beck?
(a) He has three inches of ice covering his entire body.
(b) Hyperthermic coma.
(c) He is alive and talking.
(d) Dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whose family did Beck meet?

2. About what did Beck write while in base camp?

3. How low did the temperature go where Beck trapped?

4. Why did Beck feel guilty?

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

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