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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Disaster.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. While Joe ponders the notion of being left, the rope goes slack. What does this mean?
(a) That Simon is falling.
(b) That the rope has been cut.
(c) That Simon is leaving.
(d) That Simon is descending towards Joe.

5. What do Norma and Gloria sell to Richard and Joe?
(a) Homemade cheese.
(b) Two Donkeys.
(c) Muslin bags.
(d) Goat's milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What side of Siula Grande do Joe and Simon have the ambition to conquer?

2. What collapses under Simon's feet?

3. What are Joe Simpson and Ian Whittaker doing when the ground breaks out from underneath them?

4. At the end of the chapter "On the Edge", Joe notes what about the day?

5. When Joe falls and lands on the slope at the base of the cliff, what happens?

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