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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tears in the Night, Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Simon's fingertips turning black?
(a) They are bruised.
(b) They are becoming frostbitten.
(c) They are stained from the rope.
(d) They are infected.

2. 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?
(a) Alecia.
(b) The soaring condor.
(c) The voice.
(d) Paddington.

3. What is verglas?
(a) A type of eye lens used to help climbers with vertigo.
(b) A thin glaze of glass-like ice covering the rock.
(c) Vertical ice.
(d) Vertical scree.

4. How does Joe try to gauge their height on the mountain?
(a) By looking at nearby peaks.
(b) By checking his GPS.
(c) By checking the map.
(d) By checking his wristwatch altimiter.

5. After seeing that the rope had been cut, Joe falls asleep. What wakes him?
(a) A nightmare of falling.
(b) The sounds of the glacier.
(c) The cold.
(d) Someone shouting.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Joe ponders the notion of being left, the rope goes slack. What does this mean?

2. What do Norma and Gloria sell to Richard and Joe?

3. What does Joe do when the voice tells him what to do?

4. When sorting through Joe's possessions, what does Simon salvage?

5. At the hospital in Lima, Joe is shocked that he has lost three stones in body weight. How much is this?

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