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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his climbing rhythm, Joe says to look at what?
(a) Your feet.
(b) The ice.
(c) The ice axe.
(d) Your watch.

2. While Simon is lowering Joe, Joe swears a lot, mostly at...
(a) His crampons.
(b) The snow.
(c) The cold.
(d) Simon.

3. How does Joe describe Simon's eyes?
(a) Steel blue.
(b) Bright green.
(c) Brown and mad.
(d) Blue and laughing.

4. At one of the lowering changeovers, Simon smiles at Joe, and Joe realizes that their partnership...
(a) Is accident-prone.
(b) Is just as effective and had turned from climbing to rescue.
(c) Has gone from bad to worse.
(d) Had been a bad idea.

5. What do Joe and Simon climb at the beginning of the ascent on Siula Grande?
(a) A fluting.
(b) A granite spire.
(c) An ice wall.
(d) A buttress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is blue ice?

2. What do the climbers use to help them see at night?

3. Joe is thrilled at the prospect of achieving what?

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

5. What is a patina?

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