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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. Where is Beck Weathers trapped?

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

3. Who are the Sherpas?

4. For what was Beck particularly concerned when they began their assault for the summit?

5. Who went to find Beck and Yasuko after the storm abated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Beck's longtime recovery proceed?

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

3. Why did Dan fly to be with Beck while Beck was in a hotel recovering?

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

5. What did Beck say about a climber's drive?

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

7. What did three Sherpas and Stuart Hutchinson find after they set out to locate Yasuko and Beck?

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

9. What did Beck say was the reason he climbed, and what was the impact of his climbing on his family?

10. What is the date at the opening chapter and what is Beck doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After Beck came home from Mount Everest. He didn't realize the extent of his own injuries. Since he couldn't feel his hands, he didn't know how badly they were injured. He found out that he was going to lose both his hands. He also lost his nose.

1. How do you think Beck's types of injuries would change a person's life? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think people respond so poorly to a person's appearance when they are badly scarred or injured, like Beck? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. If you were Beck's wife, how would you feel knowing that your life will be more difficult having to do many tasks for your husband you didn't used to have to do? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

In the Epilogue, Beck summarized his experience. He covered the spiritual ramifications of his experience and recognized that every person has determination and strength within themselves, and that hardship bring the strength out.

1. What do you think are the spiritual ramifications of undergoing an experience like Beck's? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Define what you think are Beck's strengths before and after he went through his ordeal. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think hardship is essential in order for a person to find his or her own strengths? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful work of non-fiction/memoir?

2. Analyze and discuss Left for Dead based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Left for Dead is a successful work of non-fiction/memoir.

3. Is Left for Dead a book you would recommend to a friend? Why or why not? Explain.

4. Can a novel be successful and yet many readers not enjoy it? Explain your response.

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