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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peach do to help Beck?
(a) She arranged for him to be rescued and cared for.
(b) Starts a prayer chain.
(c) She sends a frostbite specialist to Nepal from Germany.
(d) She sends a frostbite specialist to Nepal from Russia.

2. Why did Beck feel guilty?
(a) He was crippled and would not be able to support his family anymore.
(b) His brother lost his job when he came to help Beck in Nepal.
(c) He put his wife through such emotional anguish.
(d) He survived when others did not.

3. Where was Beck taken?
(a) A hospital in Pokhra.
(b) A hospital in New Delhi.
(c) A hospital in Ramstein, Germany.
(d) The American Embassy.

4. How many in Beck's group made it to the summit?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

5. What face did the climbers ascend over?
(a) Lhotse Face.
(b) Nuptse Face.
(c) Khumbu Face.
(d) Yakita Face.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Beck join the group that was headed down the mountain?

2. How does Beck get out of his sleeping bag?

3. What did Peach tell Beck when he talked to her?

4. Who is Meg?

5. Where did Beck stay for a couple days before heading to Lukla?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom did Peach and her friends contact to get Beck off the mountain?

2. How does Beck contrast current weather conditions with the conditions when he started up the summit eighteen hours earlier?

3. What did three Sherpas and Stuart Hutchinson find after they set out to locate Yasuko and Beck?

4. What happened when the camp radioed down the mountain about Beck's arrival?

5. What is the date at the opening chapter and what is Beck doing?

6. What does the rest of Chapter 7 describe after Beck arrives at Camp II?

7. What did Beck do while waiting to travel to base camp on Everest?

8. What does Peach say about Beck's and her relationship in Chapter 8?

9. What did Beck say was the reason he climbed, and what was the impact of his climbing on his family?

10. What is the purpose of the climbers' stay at Base Camp?

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