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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Joe and Simon move together along the ridge, how far behind Simon does Joe follow?
(a) 150 yards.
(b) A full rope-length.
(c) One car-length.
(d) Within earshot.

3. How long is one length of climbing rope?
(a) A hundredweight.
(b) 150 metres.
(c) 300 feet.
(d) 150 feet.

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

5. How does Joe try to gauge their height on the mountain?
(a) By checking his wristwatch altimiter.
(b) By looking at nearby peaks.
(c) By checking his GPS.
(d) By checking the map.

Short Answer Questions

1. On their first night on Siula Grande, what do Joe and Simon sleep in?

2. How does the weather look when Joe and Simon start up Siula Grande?

3. What part of the body does a gaiter cover?

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

5. What is another word for "abseil"?

(see the answer key)

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