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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Joe says that what is infectious?
(a) Simon's confidence.
(b) Joe's anger.
(c) Joe's knee.
(d) Simon's fingers.

2. How does Joe describe the look in Simon's eyes when he tells Simon that he has broken his leg?
(a) 'Full of...a distance given to a wounded animal which could not be helped.'
(b) 'Unthinking.'
(c) 'As if he were saying "No comment"'.
(d) 'Exhibiting an instant connection to my plight.'

3. How does the weather look when Joe and Simon start up Siula Grande?
(a) Blustery.
(b) Foggy.
(c) Dreadful.
(d) Perfect.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the elevation of Siula Grande?

2. What device does Joe wish they had in their possession as they descend from the summit of Siula Grande?

3. Where do Joe and Simon first meet Richard?

4. Joe notes in the chapter "On the Edge" that any accident needing a rope to break a fall would be...

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

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