
G8Bi 1.2 Close Reader - Finding Your Everest
Quiz by Janette Salinas
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What is Jordan Romero famous for?
What inspired Jordan to climb "the seven summits"?
Paul Romero thought that mountaineering would be easy for Jordan.
At 15...
Which of Jordan's climbs caused the most controversy?
Who was a part of Team Jordan?
The seven summits actually are ________.
Who felt that Jordan was too young to climb?
Which of the following best explains the title of this essay?
Read this sentence from the essay. Dr. Michael Bradley, a psychologist and expert on teen behavior, noted, “Most 13-year-olds don’t have the wiring to make cognitive life-and-death decisions and are not truly able to understand what they’re signing on for.”
Which statement is the best evaluation of the author’s argument?
Read the sentence from the essay.
The father began by training his son so that he could “begin to even understand what mountaineering was – that there’s this long, hard, dirty, un-fun hours and days and weeks of carrying packs, and long, extensive, brutal travel, all this type of stuff just before you can even think of climbing a mountain.”
What does the word brutal mean as it is used in the sentence?
Jordan persevered and is now leading other young people to be healthy and active while setting their own _______.
Sort the following reasons according to whether they support the claim or the counterclaim.
When Romero says there is a fine line between encouraging his son and pushing him too far, he means that encouragement can quickly turn into pressure.
When you take exception to something, it means you approve of it or endorse it.