Peak Part 2

What does Peak's dad say when asked if he was 15 would he bailed him out.

• Yes he would bail it out
• No he wouldn't have bailed him out

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A deep open crack is also known as what?

• split
• crevasse
• trench
• hole

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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.

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Why did they say that at Camp Five, “you were on your own”?

• A. little chance of rescue by air or foot.
• B. the sherpas couldn't go any farther
• C. your body has to stay on the mountain.
• both A and C are correct

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What can you infer as to why Yogi and Yash did not seem as bothered by the corpse?

• They were affected by the corpse.

• They did not see the corpse so they were not affected.

• They have killed before, so they have seen other corpses.

• They have been to the summit many times, so they have seen many corpses.

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Why did the corpse affect Peak so much? (p. 215-216)

• It is a reminder of how their climb could go wrong in the blink of an eye.

• It is a reminder that he is alive and well.

• It is a reminder that they are better than the corpse because they made it that far.

• It is a reminder that the climb is easy.

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Why did they have to get to the summit within 18 hours? (p.214)

• That was how long they had before Captain Shek’s men found them.

• That was how long they would survive in the area above camp six.

• That was how long before Peak would be too old to be the youngest.

• That was how long before Zopa could join them.

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Why did Peak say “Apparently I had forgiven him.” (p.202)

• He had forgiven Josh for not writing back to him as a child.

• He had forgiven Sun-jo for not telling him the truth about being Zopa’s grandson.

• He had forgiven Captain Shek for interrogating him.

• He had forgiven Josh for lying to him.

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Why was Josh sharing so much information over the radio?

• He liked to use the radios to chat with other climbers.

• He was sharing so much because Josh liked to gossip.

• He was sharing the information so that Peak and the group would be well informed.

• He was sharing so much because he was secretly working for Captain Shek.

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Which quote best illustrates why Peak was not let in on the trick? (p. 193 -196)

• “‘We must leave,” Zopa said calmly. “We have a long way to go before dark.”’

• “Sorry about the dramatics, but we had to make it look good so Captain Shek would think you and Sun-jo were gone. . .”

• “I stared at him in disbelief. It wasn’t a ploy. He’d blinked!”

• “I thought he was overplaying it and hoped he knew what he was doing.”

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