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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was unusual about the conversation with Beck on Monday from Peach's point of view?
(a) Beck asked about her feelings.
(b) Nothing was unusual.
(c) Beck seemed so well.
(d) Beck wanted to talk with his family.

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

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

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

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

8. Why didn't Beck join the group that was headed down the mountain?
(a) He was waiting for his guide to return.
(b) He did not think they were competent.
(c) He was delirious.
(d) He still planned to reach the summit.

9. 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 wrote her two letters.
(d) He sent her faxes.

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

11. What trail did Beck hike to get to Everest?
(a) Uru.
(b) Pokhran.
(c) Asra.
(d) Khumbu.

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

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

14. How long did Peach give Beck to demonstrate that he had changed?
(a) A year.
(b) Six months.
(c) No time.
(d) Five years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Meg?

2. In what condition was Beck?

3. Why was Beck almost suffocated in his tent?

4. What face did the climbers ascend over?

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

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