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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 the caller tell Peach about Beck?
(a) He was in the hospital at Katmandu.
(b) He was off the mountain but under arrest for not getting the proper permits.
(c) He died on Everest.
(d) He would be delayed getting off the mountain for a few days.

2. What did Beck feel at base camp?
(a) Aprehensive.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Tired.
(d) Exhileration.

3. Why do the climbers have to stay in a base camp for a while?
(a) To learn how to climb.
(b) To become acclimated to the cold.
(c) To become acclimated to the altitude.
(d) To build up muscle.

4. Who is Rob?
(a) Beck's friend from Texas who is also climbing.
(b) Another first-time climber.
(c) Beck's son.
(d) Beck's guide.

5. Who came down the mountain after the man who offered Beck assistance?
(a) Mike Groom and Yasuko.
(b) No one.
(c) Rob.
(d) Yasuko.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dan meet Beck?

2. With whose family did Beck meet?

3. What did Peach not realize when someone called her and said Beck was alive?

4. From where did the call come that told Peach that Beck had been successfully airlifted off the mountain?

5. What did people at base camp tell Peach?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did the search party leave Beck and Yasuko where they found them?

4. Describe the storm that pummels Beck's tent as he lay helpless inside.

5. How did Beck's longtime recovery proceed?

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

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

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

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

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

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