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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Peach tell Beck when he talked to her?
(a) She hoped this cured him of his obsession with climbing.
(b) Beck's brother is enroute to meet Beck.
(c) His father has had a heart attack.
(d) Nothing; they were unable to talk.

2. Who came down the mountain after the man who offered Beck assistance?
(a) Mike Groom and Yasuko.
(b) Rob.
(c) Yasuko.
(d) No one.

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

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

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

6. Who helped Beck fight sleep?
(a) Yasuko.
(b) Jon.
(c) Sandy.
(d) Charlotte.

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

8. From whose point of view is part of Chapter 9?
(a) Yasuko's family.
(b) Rob's brother.
(c) Cecilia Boone.
(d) Beck's son.

9. How low did the temperature go where Beck trapped?
(a) Minus five degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) Twenty degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) Minus sixty degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) Two degrees Fahrenheit.

10. Whom did Peach contact that was able to help them?
(a) Tom Daschle.
(b) The American Embassy in Tibet.
(c) A Senator from Louisiana who a friend knew.
(d) The American Embassy in India.

11. Where did Beck stay for a couple days before heading to Lukla?
(a) In Tibet meditating.
(b) At a hotel in Katmandu.
(c) In India.
(d) In Pokhra.

12. In what condition is Yasuko?
(a) Hyperthermic coma.
(b) She is dead.
(c) She is well but has some frostbite on her feet.
(d) She can't be found.

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

14. What face did the climbers ascend over?
(a) Khumbu Face.
(b) Lhotse Face.
(c) Yakita Face.
(d) Nuptse Face.

15. What trail did Beck hike to get to Everest?
(a) Uru.
(b) Pokhran.
(c) Asra.
(d) Khumbu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beck descending?

2. What does Linda Gravelle do for Peach?

3. Where did Dan meet Beck?

4. When did Beck's team make High Camp on the South Col?

5. What does the caller tell Peach about Beck?

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