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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. What happened to Beck as a freshman in college?
(a) He tried out for the lacrosse 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 tennis team and did not make it.

6. 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.

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

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

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

10. How did Beck think of himself in high school?
(a) As someone motivated more by people than achievements.
(b) As a smart wimp.
(c) As the smartest student in the school.
(d) As a slow learner.

11. When did Beck propose to Peach?
(a) When Peach told him she was accepting a job in New Mexico.
(b) The night of his graduation.
(c) When Peach told him she was dating another man.
(d) He never officially proposed.

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

13. Why did the second in command take over on the Aconcagua climb?
(a) The first in command got ill.
(b) The first in command demonstrated incompetence.
(c) The second in command knew the mountain better.
(d) The first in command died.

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

15. What did Beck have a tendency to do when he was pursuing a hobby?
(a) Get carried away.
(b) Forget it after a short time.
(c) Get Peach to join him.
(d) Hire someone to show him shortcuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Beck find a pipe wrench?

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

3. Why did Beck run out of food on his second major climb?

4. What did Beck decide to major in at college?

5. Where did Beck learn survival skills?

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