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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Far Distance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Joe notes in the chapter "On the Edge" that any accident needing a rope to break a fall would be...
(a) Just what they need.
(b) Ideal.
(c) A bummer.
(d) Fatal.

2. When Joe falls and lands on the slope at the base of the cliff, what happens?
(a) He breaks his left leg.
(b) He ruptures his left knee.
(c) He rips Simon off the mountain.
(d) His right lower leg bone is forced through the knee joint.

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

4. What description does Joe lend to the sounds of icicles breaking away?
(a) Clanging.
(b) Chandelier sounds.
(c) Like glass shattering.
(d) Cracking.

5. When Joe says to Simon, 'We should top out today' (p41), what does he mean?
(a) We should beat our altitude record.
(b) We should reach the summit.
(c) We should drink the maximum amount of fluids.
(d) We should consume the maximum amount of calories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals do the climbers use to transport their gear to base camp?

2. After seeing that the rope had been cut, Joe falls asleep. What wakes him?

3. When Joe and Simon move together, Joe moves only when...

4. What is a patina?

5. What side of Siula Grande do Joe and Simon have the ambition to conquer?

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