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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. After how long was Beck not to try to rejoin the group when he stopped?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 10 minutes.

2. What side of Everest was Beck's group planning to climb?
(a) Khumbu Glacier.
(b) North Side.
(c) East Side.
(d) West Side.

3. Where is Beck Weathers trapped?
(a) Climber's Hollow, Mount Everest.
(b) Life Zone, Mount Everest.
(c) Death Zone, Mount Everest.
(d) No Man's Land, Mount Everest.

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

5. What gave Beck motivation?
(a) He saw a bright light that went ahead of him.
(b) He heard God's voice in his head.
(c) Thinking about his family.
(d) Thinking about getting Yasuko to safety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is with Beck Weathers?

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

3. What surprised Peach while Beck was in base camp before he even started the climb?

4. How low did the temperature go where Beck trapped?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Beck learn about his rescue as he reaches Kathmandu?

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

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

6. What was Peach told about Beck in a phone call, and what happened just as she was relaying the news to the children?

7. What happened after Mike Groom arrived?

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

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

10. How did Beck communicate with his family during most climbs, and how did he do so on the Everest expedition?

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