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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In what condition was Beck?
(a) He has three inches of ice covering his entire body.
(b) He is alive and talking.
(c) Hyperthermic coma.
(d) Dead.

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

6. What gave Beck motivation?
(a) He saw a bright light that went ahead of him.
(b) He heard God's voice in his head.
(c) Thinking about getting Yasuko to safety.
(d) Thinking about his family.

7. Who were out in full force in Nepal when news of Beck's rescue was known?
(a) The paparazzi.
(b) Beck's family and friends.
(c) The Sherpas.
(d) The Napalese people.

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

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

10. What does Peach say Beck's obsession with climbing was doing?
(a) Making him unhappy.
(b) Making them poor.
(c) Giving him a way to get out of his depression.
(d) Breaking up their family.

11. Why did Beck decide to stay put for a while?
(a) He needed to use more oxygen.
(b) He lost a mitten.
(c) His boot sole broke off.
(d) He lost his vision.

12. What did Peach not realize when someone called her and said Beck was alive?
(a) Beck was still up on the mountain.
(b) The caller was implying that Beck would probably die.
(c) Beck was considered a hero for saving another climber.
(d) Beck was being bombarded by the press.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Beck almost suffocated in his tent?

2. Why do the climbers have to stay in a base camp for a while?

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

4. With what does Beck compare facing death?

5. What is the date when the book opens?

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