Peak (Secrets-Camps 5 & 6)

How does Zopa surprise Josh, Peak, and the climbing team?

• Sun-jo is his grandson and could be the youngest to reach the summit.
• Sun-jo is sick and can't finish the climb.
• Announcing that all of the needed equipment for the trip was ruined in the storm.
• He had the needed permit paperwork for the climb.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Why did Zopa want Sun-jo to make it to the summit?

• To bask in the glory.
• So the Americans don't get the record title.
• So he can go to school and not have to be a sherpa.
• So Zopa won't go to jail.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

How did Peak get an unexpected surge of energy from Zopa on camp 4?

• Zopa told Peak that he was going to let him reach the summit first?
• Zopa sent  Sun-jo down the mountain.
• Zopa told him to eat and drink even though he wasn't hungary. 
• He scolded Sun-jo and praised him about their climb to camp 4.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

How are Sun-jo and Holly feeling at camp 4?

• Good and prepping their tents.
• Completely out of it with dull, lifeless eyes.
• Tired, but helping out.

Zopa is very good at...

• Cooking noodles.
• Predicting the weather.
• Carrying Peak down the mountain.
• Managing Peak Experience.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Why were they keeping it a secret that Peak was attempting to reach the summit?

• They were worried that Sun-jo might try to beat Peak and reach the summit first.
• They didn't want Peak's mother to know, because she may try to stop it.
• They did not want the media to write negative things about Peak.
• They were afraid that if the Chinese found out that Peak was 14 years old, that they would pull the permit.  

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

In the text, Peak states, "I would have liked it better if he had come to New York to save me because I was in trouble, not because he was in trouble."  This means...

• Peak liked being rescued by his dad, he hadn't seen him in a long time.
• Peak know that his dad would do anything for him.
• Peak's dad went to New York because he was forced to go by Peak's mother.
• Peak's father was in deep debt and if Peak made the summit, the fame would save his business.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following DOES NOT describe Zopa?

• He was with Josh the day Peak was born.

• He is taking Peak to base camp for Josh.

• He owns part of Josh's climbing business.

• He is a Buddhist monk who used to be a head Sherpa.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Why can it take up to two months to climb Mt. Everest?

• That is how long it takes for most people to acclimatize.

• The weather can be brutal.

• The mountain is so tall.

• Most people who climb do not have the right training.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the time frame to summit Everest only two weeks?

• The government won't let you try after that.

• The weather is only good enough that long to actually summit.

• The Sherpas will only take people all the way to the summit for that amount of time.

• If you can't make it in two weeks you will probably die.