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

2. Where is Mount Aconcagua?
(a) In the Argentine Andes.
(b) In Iceland.
(c) In Central America.
(d) In Canada.

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 could handle the Alps.
(c) If Beck could handle the Himalayas.
(d) If Beck was divorcing Peach.

4. What did Beck feel that he would some day do?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Become a senator or congressman.
(c) Climb Mt. Everest.
(d) Become an actor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beck say he enjoyed about climbing?

2. What did Dan say about Beck as far as being competitive?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What sort of student was Beck at Northwestern?

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

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