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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Land Without Pity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Joe says that what is infectious?
(a) Joe's knee.
(b) Simon's confidence.
(c) Simon's fingers.
(d) Joe's anger.

2. While crawling through the crevasse section of the glacier, what does Joe frequently do?
(a) He stands up to check the progress of his route.
(b) He bleats out obscenities.
(c) He vomits.
(d) He digs bucket seats.

3. As he lowers himself deeper into the crevasse, what does Joe stare at?
(a) The ice screw.
(b) His feet.
(c) The opening.
(d) The blackness.

4. How does Joe describe the look in Simon's eyes when he tells Simon that he has broken his leg?
(a) 'Exhibiting an instant connection to my plight.'
(b) 'Full of...a distance given to a wounded animal which could not be helped.'
(c) 'Unthinking.'
(d) 'As if he were saying "No comment"'.

5. What is spindrift?
(a) Snow drifting down in a dead calm.
(b) Drifts that are spun like meringue.
(c) Powder snow swept up by the wind.
(d) Snow-tornadoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do Joe and Simon expect to be gone on their climb of Siula Grande?

2. How does Joe describe the shape of the crevasse chamber where he has been?

3. When Joe says to Simon, 'We should top out today' (p41), what does he mean?

4. What is the first thing that Simon says to Joe in the chapter "Tempting Fate"?

5. After 12 hours in the crevasse, Joe finally escapes. Although briefly mentioned in the chapter "In the Far Distance", a new character is now officially introduced. Who is it?

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