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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. How low did the temperature go where Beck trapped?
(a) Twenty degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) Two degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) Minus sixty degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) Minus five degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Who are the Sherpas?
(a) A group of climbers from Russia.
(b) Nepali climbing guides.
(c) A group of monks from Tibet.
(d) A family that lived near the border of India and Nepal.

3. Who is with Beck Weathers?
(a) His wife and a Sherpa guide.
(b) No one.
(c) Dozens of climbers.
(d) His best friend.

4. In what condition was Beck?
(a) He is alive and talking.
(b) Hyperthermic coma.
(c) He has three inches of ice covering his entire body.
(d) Dead.

5. What did the camp do when Beck arrived?
(a) Radioed down the mountain.
(b) Got hot food and liquids in him.
(c) Began warming his frostbite areas.
(d) Put him into a medical coma for carrying off the mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what did Meg reflect when she thought her father was dead?

2. What did people at base camp tell Peach?

3. Who fell 150 feet into a crevasse that Beck heard about?

4. What was the weather like eighteen hours earlier than when the book opens?

5. What did Beck feel at base camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Beck say about a climber's drive?

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

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

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

8. How did Beck overcome the boredom at base camp?

9. What route did Beck's group take, and what was the first tragedy on the climb?

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

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