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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the first thing that Simon says to Joe in the chapter "Tempting Fate"?
(a) "This is it!"
(b) "It's freezing cold!"
(c) "I'll go first, shall I?"
(d) "My fingers have never been this bad."

3. Simon tells Joe that he is knackered. What does this mean?
(a) He is cinched up in his knap-sack.
(b) He is dumbfounded.
(c) He is very tired.
(d) He is trying to shake off what he just saw.

4. What is the first thing Richard gives to Simon?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) The medicine bag.
(c) Tea.
(d) Cheese.

5. What does Joe try to use to climb up the rope?
(a) A sticht plate.
(b) A "Friend".
(c) A karabiner.
(d) A Prussik knot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the rock that Joe and Ian climb?

2. What is spindrift?

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

4. While Simon is lowering Joe, Joe swears a lot, mostly at...

5. In his climbing rhythm, Joe says to look at what?

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