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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is spindrift?
(a) Powder snow swept up by the wind.
(b) Snow drifting down in a dead calm.
(c) Drifts that are spun like meringue.
(d) Snow-tornadoes.

3. What is a pitch?
(a) A toss of the rope.
(b) A slide down the mountain on one's back.
(c) The echo of the ax cracking the ice.
(d) A section of a climb equal to one length of rope.

4. How does Joe compare his fitness with Simon's?
(a) Joe is more fit than Simon.
(b) Simon is more fit than Joe.
(c) Joe and Simon are both out of shape.
(d) Joe and Simon are equally matched.

5. Who witnesses two climbers in Europe fall to their deaths the year before?
(a) Al Rouse and Maurice Herzog.
(b) Simon Yates and Jon Sylvester.
(c) Simon Yates and Joe Simpson.
(d) Richard Hawking and Ian Whittaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joe and Simon move together along the ridge, how far behind Simon does Joe follow?

2. On what route do two climbers witness the deaths of two other climbers?

3. How does Simon cut the rope?

4. Who is the first character mentioned by the author?

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

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