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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Joe turn off his head torch?
(a) So he can see out better.
(b) He can't stand the looks of his injury.
(c) So he can go to sleep.
(d) To save the batteries.

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

3. When Joe and Simon move together, Joe moves only when...
(a) He can see Simon.
(b) The rope moves.
(c) Simon gives him the signal.
(d) The whiteout is over.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Joe land on when he falls into the crevasse?

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?

4. What is a patina?

5. At the beginning of the chapter "On the Edge", on which side of Siula Grande are Joe and Simon descending?

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