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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Storm at the Summit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the rock that Joe and Ian climb?
(a) The Bonatti Pillar.
(b) Chamonix.
(c) Les Petits Drus.
(d) The Rock of Gibraltar.

2. What is spindrift?
(a) Snow drifting down in a dead calm.
(b) Drifts that are spun like meringue.
(c) Powder snow swept up by the wind.
(d) Snow-tornadoes.

3. Where does Richard sleep on the way up to base camp?
(a) In a snow cave.
(b) In a pigsty.
(c) In his tent.
(d) In a hammock.

4. What is a couloir?
(a) A snow formation.
(b) A gully.
(c) A species of colombine.
(d) A wall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What collapses under Simon's feet?

2. What is a pitch?

3. How many hours do Joe and Ian hang on the rope before being rescued?

4. What do the climbers use to help them see at night?

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

(see the answer key)

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