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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mind Games.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what route do two climbers witness the deaths of two other climbers?
(a) Siula Grande.
(b) The Red Granite Spire.
(c) Mount Everest.
(d) The Croz Spur.

2. To what does Joe compare the figures in the ice?
(a) A Renaissance painting in the Sistine Chapel.
(b) Answers #1, #2, and #3.
(c) Paintings by Titian of grossly fat nudes.
(d) Carvings inside a Hindu Temple.

3. What are the bas-relief figures doing?
(a) Pointing toward God.
(b) Carving.
(c) Copulating.
(d) Gawping.

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

5. When sorting through Joe's possessions, what does Simon salvage?
(a) A bag from Chamonix.
(b) Miri Smidt's diary.
(c) Joe's clothes.
(d) Joe's hat from Czechoslovakia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After he falls into the crevasse, what does Joe see through the hole far above?

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

4. What do the climbers run out of in the chapter "On the Edge"?

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

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