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

2. On what route do two climbers witness the deaths of two other climbers?
(a) Siula Grande.
(b) The Red Granite Spire.
(c) The Croz Spur.
(d) Mount Everest.

3. How do Peruvian flutings contrast to European flutings?
(a) They are made of snow.
(b) They appear to defy gravity.
(c) They are difficult to see.
(d) They are made of yellow rock.

4. What is blue ice?
(a) Rock that looks like ice.
(b) Ice that turns blue when viewed through sunglasses.
(c) Ice that is blue in color.
(d) Glacial ice that is clear.

5. How does the weather look when Joe and Simon start up Siula Grande?
(a) Perfect.
(b) Blustery.
(c) Foggy.
(d) Dreadful.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joe compare his fitness with Simon's?

2. Which practice route does Al Rouse understate as 'a ridge of some difficulty'?

3. What do Joe and Simon climb at the beginning of the ascent on Siula Grande?

4. What does Joe mean by a "tortured" cornice?

5. What is verglas?

(see the answer key)

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