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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of the chapter "On the Edge", on which side of Siula Grande are Joe and Simon descending?
(a) The South Face.
(b) The North Face.
(c) The West Face.
(d) The East Face.

2. Before recounting the Mont Blanc incident, Joe determines that Simon...
(a) Is going to leave without him.
(b) Is suffering from altitude sickness.
(c) Is indeed frostbitten.
(d) Has broken his leg.

3. A character in the book recounts an incident where one climber is dragged off a cliff while roped to his partner. What nationality are these climbers?
(a) Japanese.
(b) French.
(c) Peruvian.
(d) English.

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

5. What is a bergschrund?
(a) The hop of an injured climber.
(b) A natural amphitheatre.
(c) A crevasse at the head of a mountain glacier.
(d) A burgundy-colored, crunchy type of scree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a patina?

2. When Joe and Simon move together along the ridge, how far behind Simon does Joe follow?

3. When Joe encounters Simon's footprints, he describes them as sinuous. What does this mean?

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

5. The human figures Joe sees in the broken ice of a cliff are in "bas-relief". What does this mean?

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