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

2. What becomes Joe's obsession in the moraines?
(a) Footprints.
(b) The smell of urine.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Water.

3. What object does Joe have trouble with in the beginning of the story?
(a) His crampons.
(b) The petrol stove.
(c) His rucksack.
(d) His tent.

4. A hundredweight of icicles falls on Joe's head. How much is this?
(a) 100 pounds.
(b) About 100 icicles.
(c) 100 grams.
(d) 100 kilograms.

5. When Joe falls into the crevasse, what is the first thing he does when he realizes he is alive?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He pulls on the rope.
(c) He yells for Simon.
(d) He looks for his head torch.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the rope suddenly pulls on Simon with great force, what situation is Joe in that Simon cannot see?

2. How does Simon view the climb after determining that Joe has died?

3. What are the bas-relief figures doing?

4. How far into the crevasse does Joe guess he has fallen?

5. What is the first thing that Simon says to Joe in the chapter "Tempting Fate"?

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