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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 was Beck born?
(a) Florida.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Alabama.

2. In what year did Beck and Peach meet?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1979.

3. What did Peach and the family think of Beck when he came home from a climb?
(a) He missed the main reasons to climb.
(b) He was being overly enthusiastic about the family.
(c) He did not know them.
(d) He wasn't really part of the family.

4. What did some of Beck's friends realize about Beck's climbing hobby?
(a) It was a subsitute for living with his family.
(b) It was a substitute for an interesting job.
(c) It might be getting dangerous.
(d) Nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Beck go after graduating with a B.S.?

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

3. What was Beck proud to overcome?

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

5. Why did the second in command take over on the Aconcagua climb?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss what Beck wrote about his parents in Chapter 11.

3. Why does Beck blame Peace for his unhappiness and what is her response?

4. What did Dan relate about his and his father's coping methods for their negative emotions?

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

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

7. What sort of student was Beck at Northwestern?

8. What does Beck say about the early years of his marriage?

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

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

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