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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 do Norma and Gloria sell to Richard and Joe?
(a) Goat's milk.
(b) Two Donkeys.
(c) Homemade cheese.
(d) Muslin bags.

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

3. What is another word for "abseil"?
(a) Rappel.
(b) Traverse.
(c) Climb.
(d) Bivi.

4. At the beginning of the chapter "On the Edge", on which side of Siula Grande are Joe and Simon descending?
(a) The East Face.
(b) The North Face.
(c) The West Face.
(d) The South Face.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What description does Joe lend to the sounds of icicles breaking away?

2. What object does Joe have trouble with in the beginning of the story?

3. At what altitude does Joe realize that both he and Simon have set a personal altitude record?

4. What do the climbers run out of in the chapter "On the Edge"?

5. How long is one length of climbing rope?

(see the answer key)

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