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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the date when the book opens?
(a) August, 1994.
(b) June, 1995.
(c) May, 1999.
(d) May, 1996.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. When did Beck's team make High Camp on the South Col?
(a) Mid-day.
(b) Late in the night.
(c) Late afternoon on schedule.
(d) Early afternoon.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is with Beck Weathers?

2. What was the weather like eighteen hours earlier than when the book opens?

3. What was unusual about the conversation with Beck on Monday from Peach's point of view?

4. About what did Beck write while in base camp?

5. Who came down the mountain after the man who offered Beck assistance?

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