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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Simon's fingertips turning black?
(a) They are becoming frostbitten.
(b) They are bruised.
(c) They are infected.
(d) They are stained from the rope.

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

3. What does Joe mean by a "tortured" cornice?
(a) Twisted and distorted.
(b) Pummeled by snow and wind.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Abused.

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

5. Who witnesses two climbers in Europe fall to their deaths the year before?
(a) Richard Hawking and Ian Whittaker.
(b) Simon Yates and Joe Simpson.
(c) Simon Yates and Jon Sylvester.
(d) Al Rouse and Maurice Herzog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Peruvian flutings contrast to European flutings?

2. How many practice climbs do Joe and Simon complete in order to acclimatize?

3. What device does Joe wish they had in their possession as they descend from the summit of Siula Grande?

4. After his accident with Ian, Joe regains his desire to climb, except for the dread of what?

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

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