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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 are Joe and Ian rescued?
(a) By Simon.
(b) By donkey.
(c) By Japanese climbers.
(d) By rescue helicopter.

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) 'Exhibiting an instant connection to my plight.'
(c) 'As if he were saying "No comment"'.
(d) 'Unthinking.'

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

4. When Joe knocks down a row of large icicles, he curses the pain of a...
(a) Broken heel.
(b) Broken knee joint.
(c) Cracked tooth.
(d) Shattered femur.

5. What side of Siula Grande do Joe and Simon have the ambition to conquer?
(a) The East Face.
(b) The West Face.
(c) The South Face.
(d) The North Face.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is a Karrimat?

4. What does Joe do while he is waiting for Simon between lowerings?

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

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