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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On the Edge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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."

2. Joe notes in the chapter "On the Edge" that any accident needing a rope to break a fall would be...
(a) A bummer.
(b) Just what they need.
(c) Ideal.
(d) Fatal.

3. On their first night on Siula Grande, what do Joe and Simon sleep in?
(a) A tent.
(b) A pigsty.
(c) A natural cave.
(d) A man-made cave.

4. What is a couloir?
(a) A snow formation.
(b) A gully.
(c) A species of colombine.
(d) A wall.

5. At the end of the chapter "On the Edge", Joe notes what about the day?
(a) It had been "brilliant".
(b) It had been "a scrabbling nightmare".
(c) It had been "what we live for".
(d) It had been "neither enjoyable nor funny".

Short Answer Questions

1. On what mountain range do two climbers witness the deaths of two other climbers?

2. Who witnesses two climbers in Europe fall to their deaths the year before?

3. What part of the body does a gaiter cover?

4. What do the climbers use to help them see at night?

5. 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?

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