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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 is Joe doing in the opening scene?
(a) Climbing.
(b) Snoring.
(c) Lying in his sleeping bag.
(d) Drinking tea.

2. When the rope suddenly pulls on Simon with great force, what situation is Joe in that Simon cannot see?
(a) Joe has gone unconscious.
(b) Joe has gone over the edge of an ice wall.
(c) Joe has fallen into a crevasse.
(d) Joe has given up.

3. How does Joe describe the shape of the crevasse chamber where he has been?
(a) Football-shaped.
(b) A figure-8.
(c) Pear-shaped.
(d) Hourglass-shaped.

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

5. What does Joe see that makes him certain that he is going to get out of the crevasse?
(a) A beam of sunlight.
(b) A breeze.
(c) A note from Simon.
(d) Signs of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the chapter "On the Edge", on which side of Siula Grande are Joe and Simon descending?

2. When Joe first looks at his knee after his fall, how does he describe it?

3. When Joe looks at the frayed end of the cut rope, what colors are the nylon filaments?

4. After he falls into the crevasse, what does Joe see through the hole far above?

5. What does Joe say about bivouac sites?

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