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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. How old was Beck when he became President in number 111?
(a) 42.
(b) 35.
(c) 39.
(d) 44.

2. Who is Howard?
(a) Beck's brother.
(b) Beck's cousin.
(c) Peach's older brother.
(d) Peach's cousin.

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

4. What did Beck look forward to seeing on his climb of Mount Elbrus?
(a) The view where he could see eight different countries.
(b) A plant that only grew on this mountain.
(c) The bust of Lenin.
(d) The American flag planted thirty years earlier.

5. Between what two points of view does Chapter 13 switch?
(a) Peach and Beck.
(b) Beck and his son.
(c) Beck and his daughter.
(d) Beck and Rob Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Beck find a pipe wrench?

2. What does Beck do when he slips back into a depression after his presidency ended?

3. Of what did Beck become President in 1982?

4. What happened to Beck as a freshman in college?

5. What subject did Beck's mother teach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Beck write about his experience climbing Mount McKinley?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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