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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. About what did Beck write while in base camp?
(a) His goals and aspirations for his life.
(b) His family.
(c) The history of the climbing of Mount Everest.
(d) A novel he was writing about climbers.

2. How did Beck feel about his role as a father?
(a) He was about the same as his own father had been.
(b) He had been a very good father.
(c) He did not do a very good job.
(d) He was better than most of his friends.

3. From where did the call come that told Peach that Beck had been successfully airlifted off the mountain?
(a) India.
(b) Australia.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Nepal.

4. Upon what did Meg reflect when she thought her father was dead?
(a) What life would be like without her dad.
(b) She was sad but at least the fighting between her parents was over.
(c) She had told her father not to go.
(d) She did not believe he was dead.

5. For what was Beck particularly concerned when they began their assault for the summit?
(a) The lack of proper equipment.
(b) The cold.
(c) Two of the climbers.
(d) The lack of good guidance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What side of Everest was Beck's group planning to climb?

2. What trail did Beck hike to get to Everest?

3. With whom do the climbers meet up when climbing down the mountain?

4. What face did the climbers ascend over?

5. With whose family did Beck meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Beck say about hiking the Khumbu trail on his way to base camp?

3. Why did Dan fly to be with Beck while Beck was in a hotel recovering?

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

5. How did Beck end up making it back to Camp IV?

6. What happened after Mike Groom arrived?

7. How did Beck's longtime recovery proceed?

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

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

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

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