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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Linda Gravelle do for Peach?
(a) Takes the children to her home to stay.
(b) Calls the governor for help.
(c) Calls her brother who is an Air Force General in Ramstein.
(d) Volunteers to go care for Beck since she was a doctor.

2. Who were out in full force in Nepal when news of Beck's rescue was known?
(a) The Napalese people.
(b) The Sherpas.
(c) Beck's family and friends.
(d) The paparazzi.

3. Who went to find Beck and Yasuko after the storm abated?
(a) Three Sherpas and Stuart Hutchinson.
(b) Rob Hall.
(c) Jon Krakauer.
(d) No one as the two were reported as dead.

4. For what was Beck particularly concerned when they began their assault for the summit?
(a) The cold.
(b) Two of the climbers.
(c) The lack of good guidance.
(d) The lack of proper equipment.

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

6. How does Beck get out of his sleeping bag?
(a) He is unable to get out of his sleeping bag.
(b) He gets out in order to get more food.
(c) Two medical doctors arrive and take him out.
(d) The winds from the storm.

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

8. What side of Everest was Beck's group planning to climb?
(a) Khumbu Glacier.
(b) West Side.
(c) North Side.
(d) East Side.

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

10. Where did Dan meet Beck?
(a) In Ramstein, Germany.
(b) At a hotel where Beck is recovering.
(c) In Texas.
(d) In New York City.

11. What happened as the sun began to set?
(a) Another group came down off the summit past Beck.
(b) The wind picked up, and Beck's vision blurred again.
(c) His guide returned.
(d) His best friend fell to his death.

12. What was unusual about the conversation with Beck on Monday from Peach's point of view?
(a) Beck wanted to talk with his family.
(b) Nothing was unusual.
(c) Beck seemed so well.
(d) Beck asked about her feelings.

13. With what does Beck compare facing death?
(a) Living.
(b) The horror house at Halloween.
(c) A nightmare.
(d) He says there is no comparison.

14. Who is Meg?
(a) Beck's wife.
(b) A female climber from England.
(c) A female climber from Australia.
(d) Beck's daughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beck descending?

2. Why did Beck decide to stay put for a while?

3. How many feet above sea level was the base camp?

4. What bothered many people about Beck?

5. Why was Beck almost suffocated in his tent?

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