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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Sherpas?
(a) Nepali climbing guides.
(b) A group of monks from Tibet.
(c) A family that lived near the border of India and Nepal.
(d) A group of climbers from Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Beck do around 4 p.m.?
(a) Opened his eyes.
(b) Began to ascend to find Rob Hall.
(c) Gave Yasuko mouth to mouth resuscitation.
(d) Called his wife on his cell phone.

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

11. 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 cold.
(c) To build up muscle.
(d) To become acclimated to the altitude.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Beck fight sleep?

2. What had Peach planned to tell Beck after his climbing Mount Everest before Beck was injured?

3. Who fell to his death in Beck's party?

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

5. Why did Beck feel guilty?

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