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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) February.
(b) March.
(c) December.
(d) January.

2. What is Ben startled to find on the GPS once he has climbed to the summit in Chapter 10?
(a) Several lakes.
(b) That he is in Canada.
(c) An airfield.
(d) A nearby town.

3. What is the primary injury that Ben sustains during the plane crash?
(a) A concussion.
(b) A broken arm.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) Broken ribs.

4. How much of a person's body heat is lost through the head, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/8.

5. Ben says in Chapter 11, "In football they call it 'piling on.' In track we called it" what (94)?
(a) "Pushing on."
(b) "Pulling forward."
(c) "Losing tread."
(d) "Hitting the wall."

Short Answer Questions

1. What mountains does Ben describe in Chapter 11 as having become "our thing too" when dictating to his wife (95)?

2. Ben compares his wife's hair and appearance as looking like Julie Andrews in what movie in Chapter 4?

3. Where does Ben live?

4. In Ben's freshman year, he won the mile race in what time?

5. How has Ashley's leg been injured in the plane crash?

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