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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Land Without Pity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon clearing the crevasses and reaching the moraines, what does Joe realize?
(a) That he's going the wrong direction.
(b) That Simon and Richard have left base camp.
(c) That he is snow-blind.
(d) That the lakes are frozen.

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

3. How long is one length of climbing rope?
(a) 150 feet.
(b) 300 feet.
(c) A hundredweight.
(d) 150 metres.

4. What is the first thing Simon says to Joe after Joe tells him about the broken leg?
(a) 'I'll abseil down to you.'
(b) 'Are you okay?'
(c) 'Are you sure it's broken?'
(d) 'What happened?'

5. When thinking about being left on the mountain, Joe feels himself "teetering on the edge of..."
(a) A crevasse.
(b) Lunacy.
(c) Panic.
(d) A cliff.

Short Answer Questions

1. After he emerges from the crevasse, what obstacle next lies in his path?

2. After his first night in a snow cave since exiting the crevasse, Joe awakens, screaming from a nightmare about the crevasse, in which he was reciting what?

3. What does Joe land on when he falls into the crevasse?

4. How do Peruvian flutings contrast to European flutings?

5. What does Simon say he and Joe have changed by climbing the mountain?

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