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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Silent Witness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the rock that Joe and Ian climb?
(a) Les Petits Drus.
(b) The Bonatti Pillar.
(c) The Rock of Gibraltar.
(d) Chamonix.

2. Simon feels as if the whole struggle up until he cuts the rope is the deliberate scheme of whom?
(a) Joe.
(b) A bored and evil force.
(c) Himself.
(d) The Peruvians.

3. How long is one length of climbing rope?
(a) 150 metres.
(b) 300 feet.
(c) 150 feet.
(d) A hundredweight.

4. What device does Joe wish they had in their possession as they descend from the summit of Siula Grande?
(a) A compass.
(b) A GPS.
(c) A satellite phone.
(d) A flare gun.

5. What do the climbers call their melted-snow drinks?
(a) Meltwaters.
(b) Petrols.
(c) Shots.
(d) Brews.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Simon cut the rope?

2. When Simon reaches base camp, what is the first thing he says to Richard?

3. The morning after Simon cut the rope, he descends down the mountain. What does Simon believe to be Joe's fate?

4. When thinking about being left on the mountain, Joe feels himself "teetering on the edge of..."

5. Why does Simon cut the rope?

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