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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 does Simon do with Joe's clothes?
(a) He packs them with Joe's camera and diary.
(b) He burns them in the riverbed.
(c) He puts them in a bag to give to Joe's parents.
(d) He gives them to Gloria and Norma.

3. What device does Joe wish they had in their possession as they descend from the summit of Siula Grande?
(a) A compass.
(b) A GPS.
(c) A satellite phone.
(d) A flare gun.

4. What are Joe Simpson and Ian Whittaker doing when the ground breaks out from underneath them?
(a) Abseiling.
(b) Belaying.
(c) Getting ready to sleep.
(d) Digging a snow hole.

5. After he emerges from the crevasse, what obstacle next lies in his path?
(a) The glacier.
(b) Bomb Alley.
(c) Another crevasse.
(d) The lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is verglas?

2. How do Peruvian flutings contrast to European flutings?

3. What does Joe see that makes him certain that he is going to get out of the crevasse?

4. When Joe knocks down a row of large icicles, he curses the pain of a...

5. What is the first thing that Simon says to Joe in the chapter "Tempting Fate"?

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