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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beck do when he slips back into a depression after his presidency ended?
(a) He began to rely upon Peach more.
(b) He began to play tennis again.
(c) He began to take drugs for the depression.
(d) He began to hike.

2. What did Beck's father use to combat negative feelings?
(a) Making furniture.
(b) Religion.
(c) Success at work.
(d) Alcohol.

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

4. What did Beck learn on Longs Peak?
(a) The meaning of perseverance.
(b) How to quit gracefully.
(c) How to conserve one's energy.
(d) How to climb rocks.

5. What did Beck do to his body as he was making it stronger?
(a) Pushed it but not too far.
(b) Destroyed it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Trimmed down all the fat..

6. Who is Howard?
(a) Beck's brother.
(b) Peach's older brother.
(c) Beck's cousin.
(d) Peach's cousin.

7. What was Peace thinking about while Beck was out climbing?
(a) Her children missing their dad.
(b) Nothing in particular.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Her career.

8. How did Beck choose the mountains he climbed?
(a) The remoteness.
(b) Whether it was dangerous.
(c) The height.
(d) By their guide's reputation.

9. With what was Aconcagua rife?
(a) Wild dogs.
(b) Illamas.
(c) Feral cats.
(d) Filth and disease.

10. What did Beck decide to major in at college?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Pre-med.
(c) Biology.
(d) Writing.

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

12. What did Beck nickname his depression?
(a) The Black Dog.
(b) The Black Miasma.
(c) The Thing.
(d) The Dark Hound.

13. 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) Hanging from a tree on Mount Fuji.
(d) In his garage.

14. Where is Mount Elbrus?
(a) The Caucasus Mountains.
(b) The Olympic Mountains.
(c) The Alps.
(d) The Rocky Mountains.

15. What did Beck's father do?
(a) An architect.
(b) A writer.
(c) A physician.
(d) An aviator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does the narration flash back to in Chapter 11?

2. What did Beck enjoy doing after they moved to Dallas when he was not working?

3. What did Peach and the family think of Beck when he came home from a climb?

4. What type of climbing was trickier than Beck realized?

5. What did Beck forget to do for their wedding night?

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