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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Beck learn survival skills?
(a) 4-H.
(b) Boy Scouts.
(c) An old war buddy of Beck's father's.
(d) Campfire Boys.

2. What seemed to be the only way Beck could be happy?
(a) Away from work.
(b) Being in danger.
(c) Going from goal to goal.
(d) Feeling needed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. With whom did Beck learn about mountaineering?
(a) Dan.
(b) Harold.
(c) Bud.
(d) Ken.

12. What happened to Beck as a freshman in college?
(a) He tried out for the tennis team and did not make it.
(b) He slipped into a depression.
(c) He tried out for the crew team and did not make it.
(d) He tried out for the lacrosse team and did not make it.

13. Of what did Beck become President in 1982?
(a) The National Forensics Association.
(b) The Auxillery Police Association.
(c) The Lions Club.
(d) The medical staff at Medical City.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Beck decide to climb after his climb in Colorado?

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

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

4. Where did Beck spend his early years?

5. How did Beck's brother Dan energize himself?

(see the answer keys)

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