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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. What does Joe say about bivouac sites?
(a) They are cold.
(b) They are convenient.
(c) They are hidden.
(d) He usually dislikes them.

2. Simon tells Joe that he is knackered. What does this mean?
(a) He is dumbfounded.
(b) He is very tired.
(c) He is cinched up in his knap-sack.
(d) He is trying to shake off what he just saw.

3. The morning after Simon cut the rope, he descends down the mountain. What does Simon believe to be Joe's fate?
(a) He has fallen into a crevasse.
(b) He is alive.
(c) He has died.
(d) He has gone insane.

4. How does Joe resolve to die?
(a) By jumping into the void.
(b) In his sleep.
(c) Suddenly, unexpectedly, and in the course of finding a way out.
(d) Slowly and painlessly by hypothermia.

5. When Joe knocks down a row of large icicles, he curses the pain of a...
(a) Broken knee joint.
(b) Cracked tooth.
(c) Shattered femur.
(d) Broken heel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Joe decide to descend deeper into the crevasse?

3. What causes Joe to go unconscious in the final scene of the story?

4. Joe recalls an incident with climber Ian Whittaker in which country?

5. Where does Richard sleep on the way up to base camp?

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