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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Beck's father get transferred to in 1958?
(a) Germany.
(b) Japan.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Iran.

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

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

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

7. Where did Beck start school for the first grade?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Biloxi.
(d) Charleston.

8. What was Beck proud to overcome?
(a) Fear of being alone in the wilderness.
(b) Fear of defeat.
(c) Fear of making a bad decision.
(d) Fear of climbing.

9. What did Peach and the family think of Beck when he came home from a climb?
(a) He was being overly enthusiastic about the family.
(b) He missed the main reasons to climb.
(c) He wasn't really part of the family.
(d) He did not know them.

10. What time does the narration flash back to in Chapter 11?
(a) Beck talking to his wife before leaving for Nepal.
(b) When Beck is climbing Mount Fuji.
(c) Beck's childhood.
(d) When Beck is climbing in Iceland.

11. Why did Beck try different challenges in the early years of his marriage?
(a) His brother challeneged him to do so.
(b) Harold challenged him to do so.
(c) He had a lot of vacation.
(d) Unhappiness in his marriage.

12. Where did Beck's family move in 1954?
(a) Washington, D. C.
(b) San Antonio.
(c) San Bernadino.
(d) Tampa.

13. In what year did Beck and Peach meet?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1981.

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

15. Whom did Peach and the children enjoy having on their vacations?
(a) Howie.
(b) No one.
(c) Dan.
(d) Peach's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beck ask one man who was on the Aconcagua climb with Beck?

2. Why did Beck avoid sports in high school?

3. With whom did Beck feel competitive when he started dating Peach?

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

5. How did Beck choose the mountains he climbed?

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