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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. When referring to their experience on the ridge, Simon tells Joe that he is...
(a) Ready to do it again.
(b) Disoriented.
(c) Freaked out.
(d) Not recalling what happened.

2. As Simon lowers Joe down the mountain, how is Joe facing?
(a) Face down, feet first.
(b) Face down, head first.
(c) Face up, head first.
(d) Face up, feet first.

3. How long is one length of climbing rope?
(a) A hundredweight.
(b) 150 feet.
(c) 300 feet.
(d) 150 metres.

4. What part of the body does a gaiter cover?
(a) The thigh.
(b) The head.
(c) The lower leg above the boot.
(d) The elbow.

5. After he falls into the crevasse, what does Joe see through the hole far above?
(a) Sunlight.
(b) Stars.
(c) Simon's body.
(d) Clouds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Peruvian flutings contrast to European flutings?

2. What does Simon do with Joe's clothes?

3. After the moraines, what is Joe's next destination goal?

4. After his first night in a snow cave since exiting the crevasse, Joe awakens, screaming from a nightmare about the crevasse, in which he was reciting what?

5. What collapses under Simon's feet?

(see the answer key)

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