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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Final Choice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Peruvian flutings contrast to European flutings?
(a) They are made of yellow rock.
(b) They are difficult to see.
(c) They are made of snow.
(d) They appear to defy gravity.

2. How long do Joe and Simon expect to be gone on their climb of Siula Grande?
(a) Two Days.
(b) Five Days.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) One week.

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

4. While Joe struggles to dig a snow cave, Simon struggles to do what?
(a) To repair his sticht plate with his bare fingers.
(b) To thaw out his fingers.
(c) To dig his own snow cave.
(d) To repair his head torch with his bare fingers.

5. On what mountain range do two climbers witness the deaths of two other climbers?
(a) The French Andes.
(b) The Himalayas.
(c) The Spanish Pyrenees.
(d) The French Alps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Simon tells Joe that he is knackered. What does this mean?

2. While Joe ponders the notion of being left, the rope goes slack. What does this mean?

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

4. At the beginning of the chapter "On the Edge", on which side of Siula Grande are Joe and Simon descending?

5. Joe says that what is infectious?

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