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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Far Distance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals do the climbers use to transport their gear to base camp?
(a) Mules.
(b) Donkeys.
(c) Yaks.
(d) Llamas.

2. Joe notes that some of the icicles are as thick as...
(a) An ice weep.
(b) A glacier.
(c) A family bible.
(d) A man's arm.

3. When Joe finally musters the courage to look down, what does he see in disbelief?
(a) The corpse of an ancient iceman.
(b) Another dead climber.
(c) The Prussik knot he had dropped while hanging above the crevasse.
(d) A snow-covered floor.

4. At what altitude does Joe realize that both he and Simon have set a personal altitude record?
(a) 21,000 feet.
(b) 18,000 feet.
(c) 29,000 feet.
(d) 15,000 feet.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What side of Siula Grande do Joe and Simon have the ambition to conquer?

3. When Joe and Simon move together, Joe moves only when...

4. In his climbing rhythm, Joe says to look at what?

5. After coming to the conclusion that Joe is dead, Simon is determined to do what?

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