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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Beck feel at base camp?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Exhileration.
(c) Tired.
(d) Aprehensive.

2. Why is Peach frustrated?
(a) She is receiving conflicting news.
(b) She cannot get a flight to Nepal.
(c) She cannot talk to Beck.
(d) No one is there to help her dying husband.

3. With whom do the climbers meet up when climbing down the mountain?
(a) A group that included Beck's brother.
(b) A helicopter headed to get Yasuko.
(c) The IMAX film team.
(d) A medical doctor who saves Beck's life.

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

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

6. Upon what did Meg reflect when she thought her father was dead?
(a) What life would be like without her dad.
(b) She was sad but at least the fighting between her parents was over.
(c) She had told her father not to go.
(d) She did not believe he was dead.

7. Who is Madan?
(a) The helicopter pilot.
(b) A medical doctor.
(c) Beck's best friend.
(d) Beck's brother.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Who initiates a helicopter rescue at Base Camp Two for Beck?
(a) Beck's brother.
(b) Peach.
(c) Yasuko's family.
(d) Beck's parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Beck compare facing death?

2. Who is Meg?

3. What advice did the group at base camp receive?

4. What does Dan learn about as much as possible?

5. Why didn't Beck join the group that was headed down the mountain?

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