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

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

3. Why did Beck avoid sports in high school?
(a) He was not very coordinated.
(b) His size.
(c) His eyes.
(d) He had to work after school.

4. With what was Aconcagua rife?
(a) Wild dogs.
(b) Filth and disease.
(c) Illamas.
(d) Feral cats.

5. What did some of Beck's friends realize about Beck's climbing hobby?
(a) It was a substitute for an interesting job.
(b) It was a subsitute for living with his family.
(c) It might be getting dangerous.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seemed to be the only way Beck could be happy?

2. What did Peach and the family think of Beck when he came home from a climb?

3. What did Beck climb in Mexico in 1990?

4. Why did Beck have trouble seeing as he descended the mountain on his second climb?

5. What type of climbing was trickier than Beck realized?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Beck choose the mountains to climb?

7. Discuss what Beck wrote about his parents in Chapter 11.

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

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

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

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