Read the narrative essay and answer the questions

Read the narrative essay and answer the questions.

The Second Climb

A few months after the Half Dome climb, I decided to climb Mt. Whitney in California. I had always wanted to climb. Mount Whitney. There were several reasons for choosing this mountain as my next conquest. First of all, it is the tallest mountain in the continental United States. Second, when I looked back at my climb to the top of it eleven years earlier, I considered it my greatest pre-transplant hiking accomplishment.

Many healthy people hike Whitney in two days. Some even manage to go up an down the same day. We took three days. We wanted to make it to the summit and back safely. On the third day of our trịp.... at 2:30 p.m., we all gathered under a spectacular blue sky to walk the final steps to the geographical marker identifying the summit, the highest point on the continental United States.

Tears rolled down our faces. Everyone knew how much this accomplishment meant to me. l had made it to the peak, this time with a second heart and my husband. I truly felt on top of the world. I raised my hands in victory and cried out to Craig, “We did itl”

1. Which paragraph does the writer give background information?

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2. Which sentence in the introductory paragraph includes the main idea of the narrative?

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3. How many body paragraphs does the writer include? Mark the body paragraph(s) with bracket ([  ]).

4. What details does the writer include that help make the narrative interesting? Underline them.

5. Which sentence in the concluding paragraph explains why this story is important to the writer?

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