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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 time does the narration flash back to in Chapter 11?
(a) When Beck is climbing in Iceland.
(b) Beck talking to his wife before leaving for Nepal.
(c) Beck's childhood.
(d) When Beck is climbing Mount Fuji.

2. What subject did Beck's mother teach?
(a) English.
(b) Physical education.
(c) Art.
(d) Science.

3. What did Beck say he blamed for his unhappiness?
(a) Peach.
(b) His children.
(c) His job.
(d) His inability to relax.

4. What did Beck ask one man who was on the Aconcagua climb with Beck?
(a) What it was like to climb Everest.
(b) If the man ever felt depressed while climbing.
(c) If the man had ever climbed.
(d) Why Mount Everest is so difficult.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Beck avoid sports in high school?

2. To whom did Peach turn to for comfort after Muffin died?

3. Who is Howard?

4. Where did Beck go hunting on a family vacation?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Beck choose the mountains to climb?

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

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

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

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

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

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