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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Meg ask her father never to do?
(a) Climb Mt. Everest.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Leave Peach.
(d) Climb in South America.

2. What did Peach major in during college?
(a) Physical education.
(b) English.
(c) Nursing.
(d) Political science.

3. How did Beck think of himself in high school?
(a) As a smart wimp.
(b) As the smartest student in the school.
(c) As someone motivated more by people than achievements.
(d) As a slow learner.

4. What type of climbing was trickier than Beck realized?
(a) Repelling.
(b) Crevasse climbing.
(c) Glacier climbing.
(d) Rock climbing.

5. Where did Beck spend his early years?
(a) Japan.
(b) Germany.
(c) Philippines.
(d) Korea.

6. Why did the second in command take over on the Aconcagua climb?
(a) The first in command died.
(b) The first in command got ill.
(c) The second in command knew the mountain better.
(d) The first in command demonstrated incompetence.

7. Where did Beck find a pipe wrench?
(a) On the pedestal that was supposed to hold Lenin's bust.
(b) Sitting on top of a flat boulder at the summit of Mount Fuji.
(c) In his garage.
(d) Hanging from a tree on Mount Fuji.

8. How old was Beck when he became President in number 111?
(a) 44.
(b) 35.
(c) 42.
(d) 39.

9. What did Beck enjoy doing after they moved to Dallas when he was not working?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Meeting his buddies at the bars.
(c) Running.
(d) Building model planes.

10. Where did Beck decide to attend college?
(a) Midwestern State.
(b) Purdue.
(c) Yale.
(d) Mississippi State.

11. What did Dan say about Beck as far as being competitive?
(a) He hated competition but excelled at it.
(b) He never did anything that competed against someone else.
(c) He was highly competitive.
(d) He hated doing things that were competitive.

12. Who attended the meal with Beck and other climbers on the summit of Mount Elbrus?
(a) Some Polish factory workers.
(b) Some Russian soldiers.
(c) No one.
(d) Prostitutes.

13. What did Beck climb in Mexico in 1990?
(a) The pyramid of the Sun.
(b) A series of crevasses.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Two volcanos.

14. What did Beck say he blamed for his unhappiness?
(a) His job.
(b) His inability to relax.
(c) Peach.
(d) His children.

15. Why did Beck have a difficult time reading?
(a) One of his eyes was blind.
(b) His weak eyes.
(c) His first language was Japanese.
(d) He was dyslexic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject did Beck's mother teach?

2. Where did Beck start school for the first grade?

3. Where did Beck go after graduating with a B.S.?

4. What did both of Peach's grandmothers have in common?

5. Who is Howard?

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