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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. When did Beck propose to Peach?
(a) When Peach told him she was dating another man.
(b) When Peach told him she was accepting a job in New Mexico.
(c) The night of his graduation.
(d) He never officially proposed.

2. What did Beck nickname his depression?
(a) The Black Miasma.
(b) The Dark Hound.
(c) The Black Dog.
(d) The Thing.

3. What did Beck's climbing companion want Beck to decide on their way down the mountain?
(a) If they were going to keep climbing.
(b) If Beck was divorcing Peach.
(c) If Beck could handle the Alps.
(d) If Beck could handle the Himalayas.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject did Beck's mother teach?

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

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

4. With whom did Beck feel competitive when he started dating Peach?

5. What did both of Peach's grandmothers have in common?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What sort of student was Beck at Northwestern?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Beck and Peach say attracted each of them to the other?

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

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