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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Beck's father do during the war years?
(a) War correspondent.
(b) MASH unit.
(c) Aviator instructor.
(d) Designing barracks.

4. Why did Beck have trouble seeing as he descended the mountain on his second climb?
(a) His eyes were too dry.
(b) His glasses kept fogging up.
(c) His goggles were cracked.
(d) Ice kept forming on his goggles.

5. Where is Mount Aconcagua?
(a) In Canada.
(b) In Central America.
(c) In the Argentine Andes.
(d) In Iceland.

6. On what did Peach count on when she was thinking about divorce?
(a) Beck's generosity.
(b) Her friends' support.
(c) Her children's support.
(d) Her parents' support.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Where did Beck go hunting on a family vacation?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Russia.
(c) India.
(d) Australia.

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

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

15. What did both of Peach's grandmothers have in common?
(a) They lost their husbands to sudden death.
(b) They were survivors of the war in Poland.
(c) They were doctors in a time when women seldom entered that field.
(d) They loved hiking and the outdoors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Beck think of himself in high school?

2. What is Peach's real name?

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

4. Where was Beck born?

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

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