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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 the climbers use to help them see at night?
(a) LCD screens.
(b) Head torches.
(c) Flashlights.
(d) Starlight.

2. What description does Joe lend to the sounds of icicles breaking away?
(a) Like glass shattering.
(b) Chandelier sounds.
(c) Clanging.
(d) Cracking.

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

4. When referring to their experience on the ridge, Simon tells Joe that he is...
(a) Freaked out.
(b) Not recalling what happened.
(c) Ready to do it again.
(d) Disoriented.

5. What do Joe and Simon climb at the beginning of the ascent on Siula Grande?
(a) A fluting.
(b) A granite spire.
(c) An ice wall.
(d) A buttress.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a "Friend"?

3. What is a pitch?

4. How are Joe and Ian rescued?

5. What is a patina?

(see the answer key)

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