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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. When Joe first looks at his knee after his fall, how does he describe it?
(a) As a "zigzag".
(b) As "bloody stuffed".
(c) As "cockeyed".
(d) As "kinked".

2. After close inspection, what does Joe determine the "floor" of the crevasse to be?
(a) The fragile ceiling of a lower cavern.
(b) A dead end.
(c) Snow-covered rock.
(d) Not really snow at all.

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

4. After seeing that the rope had been cut, Joe falls asleep. What wakes him?
(a) The sounds of the glacier.
(b) The cold.
(c) A nightmare of falling.
(d) Someone shouting.

5. Simon feels as if the whole struggle up until he cuts the rope is the deliberate scheme of whom?
(a) A bored and evil force.
(b) The Peruvians.
(c) Himself.
(d) Joe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before recounting the Mont Blanc incident, Joe determines that Simon...

2. While crawling through the crevasse section of the glacier, what does Joe frequently do?

3. What does Simon do with Joe's clothes?

4. After reciting a soliloquy as a preoccupying game, Joe realizes what?

5. While Joe struggles to dig a snow cave, Simon struggles to do what?

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