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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Rob get to talk with before he died?
(a) His three daughters.
(b) His pregnant wife.
(c) His parents.
(d) His fiance.

2. Where was Beck taken?
(a) The American Embassy.
(b) A hospital in Ramstein, Germany.
(c) A hospital in New Delhi.
(d) A hospital in Pokhra.

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

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

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

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

7. With whose family did Beck meet?
(a) Yasuko.
(b) Rob.
(c) Andy.
(d) Doug.

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

9. About what did Beck write while in base camp?
(a) The history of the climbing of Mount Everest.
(b) His goals and aspirations for his life.
(c) A novel he was writing about climbers.
(d) His family.

10. How many in Beck's group made it to the summit?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

11. What did the camp do when Beck arrived?
(a) Put him into a medical coma for carrying off the mountain.
(b) Began warming his frostbite areas.
(c) Got hot food and liquids in him.
(d) Radioed down the mountain.

12. What does the caller tell Peach about Beck?
(a) He died on Everest.
(b) He was in the hospital at Katmandu.
(c) He would be delayed getting off the mountain for a few days.
(d) He was off the mountain but under arrest for not getting the proper permits.

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

14. What bothered many people about Beck?
(a) His looks.
(b) His saying that no one should try to climb Everest.
(c) His feeling sorry for himself.
(d) His not trying to save others that died on the mountain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beck feel at base camp?

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

3. What did people at base camp tell Peach?

4. After how long was Beck not to try to rejoin the group when he stopped?

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

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