Peak Test Questions And Vocabulary Review
How old is Peak?
14
True/False: Zopa is giving bad remarks to Peak after climbing.
False
What is Peak Experience?
Josh's company
What is JDC?
Juvenile Detention Center
Who are Peak's sisters?
Patrice and Paula
Who is Vincent?
Peak's literary mentor
Who is Joshua Wood?
Peak's real dad/a famous mountain climber
Who is Rolf?
Peak's stepdad
When Josh tells everyone Peak is going to climb what is their reaction?
They are angry and they say they're not going to climb if Peak climbs
True/False: Sun-jo is Zopa's grandson.
True
What is the Col?
a big wall of ice on Everest
Who is Captain Shek?
a chinese soldier that moniters people climb the mountain
concierge
a person who has the charge of the entrance of a building
Who is Holly Angelo?
a reporter from New York that has come to cover Peak
What is a tag?
a symbol that shows someone unknown was somewhere
efficiency
acting or producing effectively
ascent
an act of ascending
Why is Sun-jo nervous around the chinese soldiers?
because he has fake papers and is illegal
Why do Josh and Peak not tell anyone about Peak's summit atempt at first?
because the clients would get mad because they are using their money
Why doesn't Sun-jo go to school with his sisters?
because they don't have the money and he has to work
How do Sun-jo and Zopa plan to avoid the Chinese soldiers?
by going down the south side of the mountain
surly
churlishly rude/bad temper
What is the difference between climbers and sherpas?
climbers climb for fun and sherpas climb for money for their family
duress
compulsion by threat or force
demeanor
conduct
garish
crudely or tastelessly colorful
audacious
daring
What is the Trough?
depression that sits beneath two rows of ice
remorseful
full of remorse
desheveled
hanging loosely
pristine
having its original purity
What happened to Sun-jo's father?
he died climbing
What does the quote "circling the drain" mean?
he is about to be in big trouble
How does Peak change in the book?
he learns to trust others and respect others
Why does Peak get in trouble?
he was climbing skyscrapers
cairn
heap of stoned set up as a landmark
What happens to Peak's face when climbing the skyscraper?
it gets stuck to the wall
poignant
keenly distressing to the feelings
Does Josh change at all in the book?
not really
auspicious
promising success
What are some themes of the book Peak?
relationships, survival, change, courage, interdependence, betrayal
Why did Peak's mom stop climbing?
she fell and broke a few bones and she needed to take care of Peak
What is a Gamow Bag?
something that stops sufficating
wherewithal
supplies for the purpose
elusive
tending to elude capture
Who is Dr. Kreiger?
the doctor that works for Peak Experience
denouement
the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot
What side of Everest do Josh and Peak have to climb? Why?
the north side because Peak wasn't old enough to on the south side
What do Peak and his sisters share?
the same birthday
How do the two Peas feel about Peak?
they look up to him
flourish
thrive
elicited
to bring out
disperse
to drive off or scatter in different directions
enmeshed
to entangle
Why did Josh really bail Peak out of jail?
to have him be the youngest climber to climb Everest and be famous and get a lot of money
Why does Peak really need to go to the doctor after arriving in China?
to make sure he is physically capable to climb Everest
cringed
to shrink, bend, or crouch
What is Peak's tag?
two blue mountains
What is the climax in the story?
when Peak doesn't finish the climb and lets Sun-jo take the glory
pandemonium
wild uproar
Did Josh get all of Peak's letters from when he was little?
yes