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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Beck ask one man who was on the Aconcagua climb with Beck?
(a) If the man ever felt depressed while climbing.
(b) Why Mount Everest is so difficult.
(c) What it was like to climb Everest.
(d) If the man had ever climbed.

6. What did Beck say he enjoyed about climbing?
(a) The time away from home.
(b) The sights.
(c) The terror.
(d) The tranquility.

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

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

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

10. What did Beck look forward to seeing on his climb of Mount Elbrus?
(a) The American flag planted thirty years earlier.
(b) A plant that only grew on this mountain.
(c) The view where he could see eight different countries.
(d) The bust of Lenin.

11. How did Beck's brother Dan energize himself?
(a) Activity.
(b) Acting.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Fanatasy.

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

13. What is Peach's real name?
(a) Margaret Wade.
(b) Patricia Wade.
(c) Patricia Olson.
(d) Margaret Olson.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Meg ask her father never to do?

3. What did Beck's father do?

4. Where was Beck born?

5. How did Peach's father die?

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