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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Linda Gravelle do for Peach?

2. How low did the temperature go where Beck trapped?

3. After how long was Beck not to try to rejoin the group when he stopped?

4. What did Peach not realize when someone called her and said Beck was alive?

5. With whose family did Beck meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the search party leave Beck and Yasuko where they found them?

2. What did Beck do while waiting to travel to base camp on Everest?

3. What astonishes the climbers at Camp IV as they prepared to descend to Camp II, and what did the climbers do?

4. What was Peach told about Beck in a phone call, and what happened just as she was relaying the news to the children?

5. What is the purpose of the climbers' stay at Base Camp?

6. What happened after Mike Groom arrived?

7. How did Beck communicate with his family during most climbs, and how did he do so on the Everest expedition?

8. What does the rest of Chapter 7 describe after Beck arrives at Camp II?

9. How did Beck's longtime recovery proceed?

10. Whom did Peach and her friends contact to get Beck off the mountain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The topic of marriage is woven throughout Left for Dead. Discuss the following:

1. Discuss the attitudes toward marriage that Beck Weathers has as opposed to his wife's attitudes.

2. How much do you think Beck's depression influences his views of marriage? Discuss thoroughly using examples from the book.

3. Compare/contrast the normal American view of marriage with Beck's. How are their views similar? Different? Which views are more like your own?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast Beck Weathers at the beginning of the novel to him at the end of the novel. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they both sympathetic characters? Which "Beck Weathers" would you most likely have as a friend? Why?

2. Compare/contrast Beck Weathers at the beginning of the novel to Beck Weathers at the end of the novel. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they sympathetic characters? Who would you most likely have as a friend? Why?

3. Compare/contrast Beck Weathers to Peach Weathers. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they sympathetic characters? Who would you most likely have as a friend? Why? Is each one compassionate? Honorable? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Peach began to notice some differences in Beck's mental attitude. He was reaching out to her and seemed to care about all the pain he caused others.

1. What do you think are the steps to forgiveness? What type of thinking and processing do you think Peach has to go through in order to forgive Beck? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think Beck would have changed if he had not gone through the pain and suffering he did? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. How do you think Beck reaching out to Peach and caring more about others might help his chronic battle with depression? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

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