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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Joe recalls an incident with climber Ian Whittaker in which country?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Zaire.
(c) England.
(d) France.

2. On their first night on Siula Grande, what do Joe and Simon sleep in?
(a) A natural cave.
(b) A tent.
(c) A man-made cave.
(d) A pigsty.

3. What is verglas?
(a) Vertical scree.
(b) A thin glaze of glass-like ice covering the rock.
(c) A type of eye lens used to help climbers with vertigo.
(d) Vertical ice.

4. In the opening scene, what is Richard's tent covered with?
(a) Snow.
(b) Hoar frost.
(c) Mud.
(d) Ice.

5. What is blue ice?
(a) Rock that looks like ice.
(b) Glacial ice that is clear.
(c) Ice that turns blue when viewed through sunglasses.
(d) Ice that is blue in color.

Short Answer Questions

1. When thinking about being left on the mountain, Joe feels himself "teetering on the edge of..."

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

3. Who witnesses two climbers in Europe fall to their deaths the year before?

4. What does Simon insist that Joe not do on this trip?

5. After his accident with Ian, Joe regains his desire to climb, except for the dread of what?

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