Peak Test Questions And Vocabulary Review

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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


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