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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 spindrift?
(a) Snow drifting down in a dead calm.
(b) Drifts that are spun like meringue.
(c) Snow-tornadoes.
(d) Powder snow swept up by the wind.

2. After coming to the conclusion that Joe is dead, Simon is determined to do what?
(a) To find Joe's body.
(b) To get off the mountain alive.
(c) To come back with a helicopter.
(d) To recover Joe's personal helmet-cam to see what happened.

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

4. As Simon lowers Joe, what causes the most pain?
(a) The friction on his knee.
(b) His crampons snagging the ice and snow.
(c) The ice axes hitting his knee.
(d) The cold.

5. What does Joe do to stifle the nausea caused by the pain?
(a) He holds his breath.
(b) He pushes his face into the snow.
(c) He bends his right knee.
(d) He induces vomiting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simon assume the foul taste in his mouth is from?

2. What does Joe do while he is waiting for Simon between lowerings?

3. What description does Joe lend to the sounds of icicles breaking away?

4. How far does Simon lower Joe each time before he descends himself?

5. As Simon lowers Joe down the mountain, how is Joe facing?

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