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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. What do the climbers run out of in the chapter "On the Edge"?
(a) Snow for melting into water.
(b) Gas.
(c) Food.
(d) Worry.

2. What does Joe not want to lose sight of on the glacier?
(a) Simon's tracks.
(b) Base camp.
(c) The lake.
(d) The North Star.

3. Why does Joe decide to descend deeper into the crevasse?
(a) He sees some light at the bottom of the crevasse.
(b) He cannot bear another night on the ice bridge.
(c) Because that is in the worst-case-scenario climber's manual.
(d) He knows there is a way out.

4. On what mountain range do two climbers witness the deaths of two other climbers?
(a) The Spanish Pyrenees.
(b) The Himalayas.
(c) The French Alps.
(d) The French Andes.

5. What do the climbers call their melted-snow drinks?
(a) Brews.
(b) Meltwaters.
(c) Shots.
(d) Petrols.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Richard gives to Simon?

2. What becomes Joe's obsession in the moraines?

3. A character in the book recounts an incident where one climber is dragged off a cliff while roped to his partner. What nationality are these climbers?

4. What fifth step does Joe add to his pattern of movement through the moraines?

5. What does Joe do to stifle the nausea caused by the pain?

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