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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Joe knocks down a row of large icicles, he curses the pain of a...
(a) Shattered femur.
(b) Broken heel.
(c) Cracked tooth.
(d) Broken knee joint.

2. What description does Joe lend to the sounds of icicles breaking away?
(a) Chandelier sounds.
(b) Clanging.
(c) Like glass shattering.
(d) Cracking.

3. When Joe falls and lands on the slope at the base of the cliff, what happens?
(a) He rips Simon off the mountain.
(b) He breaks his left leg.
(c) His right lower leg bone is forced through the knee joint.
(d) He ruptures his left knee.

4. What is the first thing Simon says to Joe after Joe tells him about the broken leg?
(a) 'Are you sure it's broken?'
(b) 'Are you okay?'
(c) 'What happened?'
(d) 'I'll abseil down to you.'

5. At one of the lowering changeovers, Simon smiles at Joe, and Joe realizes that their partnership...
(a) Had been a bad idea.
(b) Is just as effective and had turned from climbing to rescue.
(c) Has gone from bad to worse.
(d) Is accident-prone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is blue ice?

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

3. When Joe says to Simon, 'We should top out today' (p41), what does he mean?

4. Simon feels as if the whole struggle up until he cuts the rope is the deliberate scheme of whom?

5. What do the climbers call their melted-snow drinks?

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