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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 did Beck decide to do instead of suicide?
(a) Bike across the United States.
(b) Divorce his wife.
(c) Climb.
(d) Quit his job.

2. Where did Beck spend his early years?
(a) Korea.
(b) Japan.
(c) Philippines.
(d) Germany.

3. What did Meg ask her father never to do?
(a) Climb in South America.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Leave Peach.
(d) Climb Mt. Everest.

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

5. What did Beck say he enjoyed about climbing?
(a) The terror.
(b) The tranquility.
(c) The sights.
(d) The time away from home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beck learn on Longs Peak?

2. Why did Beck run out of food on his second major climb?

3. When did Beck propose to Peach?

4. What did Beck's father do during the war years?

5. Where was Beck born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Meg ask of her father? How did she feel about him?

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

4. Why does Beck go to Mexico? What does he realize while he is there?

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

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

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

10. What did Beck write about his life in Japan?

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