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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 Dan say about Beck as far as being competitive?
(a) He never did anything that competed against someone else.
(b) He was highly competitive.
(c) He hated competition but excelled at it.
(d) He hated doing things that were competitive.

2. Of what did Beck become President in 1982?
(a) The Lions Club.
(b) The medical staff at Medical City.
(c) The National Forensics Association.
(d) The Auxillery Police Association.

3. What happened to Beck as a freshman in college?
(a) He tried out for the tennis team and did not make it.
(b) He slipped into a depression.
(c) He tried out for the crew team and did not make it.
(d) He tried out for the lacrosse team and did not make it.

4. What is one thing Beck liked about Peach?
(a) Her adventurous nature.
(b) How sensitive she was to others.
(c) Her need to have him around.
(d) Her determination to suceed even though she did not excel academically.

5. Where did Beck go hunting on a family vacation?
(a) Australia.
(b) India.
(c) Russia.
(d) Ethiopia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Beck's family move in 1954?

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

4. What did Beck's father use to combat negative feelings?

5. What time does the narration flash back to in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ken want Beck to decide while descending Mount McKinley? What is Beck's response?

3. Where did Beck attend medical school, and what specialty did he enjoy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Beck and Peach end up back in Dallas?

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