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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened as the sun began to set?
(a) His guide returned.
(b) Another group came down off the summit past Beck.
(c) The wind picked up, and Beck's vision blurred again.
(d) His best friend fell to his death.

3. Who fell 150 feet into a crevasse that Beck heard about?
(a) A Swiss climber.
(b) A Sherpa.
(c) A British climber.
(d) A Russian climber.

4. 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.

5. What does Dan learn about as much as possible?
(a) Beck's medical condition.
(b) The situation that led to Beck's almost dying.
(c) The other climbers' fates.
(d) How Beck and Peach felt towards each other.

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

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

8. In what condition is Yasuko?
(a) Hyperthermic coma.
(b) She can't be found.
(c) She is dead.
(d) She is well but has some frostbite on her feet.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What did Beck feel at base camp?
(a) Exhileration.
(b) Aprehensive.
(c) Tired.
(d) Boredom.

15. After how long was Beck not to try to rejoin the group when he stopped?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 2 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Beck almost suffocated in his tent?

2. Why did Beck feel guilty?

3. What did the camp do when Beck arrived?

4. Beck lost the use of ____________.

5. What is the date when the book opens?

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