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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. Where did Beck learn survival skills?
(a) 4-H.
(b) Boy Scouts.
(c) An old war buddy of Beck's father's.
(d) Campfire Boys.

2. What seemed to be the only way Beck could be happy?
(a) Away from work.
(b) Being in danger.
(c) Going from goal to goal.
(d) Feeling needed.

3. Where did Beck find a pipe wrench?
(a) In his garage.
(b) Hanging from a tree on Mount Fuji.
(c) Sitting on top of a flat boulder at the summit of Mount Fuji.
(d) On the pedestal that was supposed to hold Lenin's bust.

4. Where is Mount Elbrus?
(a) The Rocky Mountains.
(b) The Olympic Mountains.
(c) The Caucasus Mountains.
(d) The Alps.

5. What did Beck decide to major in at college?
(a) Pre-med.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Biology.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Meg ask her father never to do?

2. What is Peach's real name?

3. In what year did Beck and Peach meet?

4. What did Beck's father do?

5. What did Beck do to his body as he was making it stronger?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Kit relate about the Weathers' family life?

2. What did Beck begin to do after his term as president of Medical City ended? How did he cope with the problem?

3. What is the "black dog," and how did it affect Beck?

4. What happened to Beck's emotional state during his first year at Midwestern?

5. What does Peach write about the women in her family?

6. What made Beck decide to climb Everest? How does he start getting ready for the climb?

7. What does Beck see as his contribution to the household, and what does he neglect?

8. Who served as a surrogate father to Peach, and what was Beck's relationship with the man?

9. What does Peach say about Beck's "obsessions"?

10. What did Beck relate about his time when his father was stationed in Saudi Arabia in 1958?

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