2. What surprised Peach while Beck was in base camp before he even started the climb?
(a) He wrote and said it would be his last climb.
(b) He called her.
(c) He sent her faxes.
(d) He wrote her two letters.

3. What is the setting at the opening of Chapter 2?
(a) Back at Beck's home in Canada.
(b) Back at Beck's home in the United States.
(c) Halfway up Mount Everest.
(d) The airport before the expedition.

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

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

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

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

8. How many feet above sea level was the base camp?
(a) 3200.
(b) 11,000.
(c) 17,600.
(d) 8,000.

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

10. Who fell to his death in Beck's party?
(a) A Taiwanese climber.
(b) A Sherpa.
(c) An English climber.
(d) A Japanese climber.

11. What does Peach do to help Beck?
(a) Starts a prayer chain.
(b) She sends a frostbite specialist to Nepal from Russia.
(c) She arranged for him to be rescued and cared for.
(d) She sends a frostbite specialist to Nepal from Germany.

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

13. What advice did the group at base camp receive?
(a) To ready Beck for a rescue sled team.
(b) To leave Beck since he would die anyway.
(c) To ask Beck if he wanted to be given a morphine overdose since he would die in agony otherwise.
(d) To keep Beck from warming up and a doctor would be there soon.

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

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