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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 does Simon say he and Joe have changed by climbing the mountain?
(a) The mountain face.
(b) The record books.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Everything.

2. When Joe pulls on the rope in the crevasse, what happens?
(a) The rope slides freely into the crevasse.
(b) Simon yells.
(c) The rope breaks.
(d) The rope comes taught from the weight of Simon's body.

3. What does Simon say the mountain has taken?
(a) His dignity.
(b) Joe.
(c) His achievement.
(d) Everything.

4. After seeing that the rope had been cut, Joe falls asleep. What wakes him?
(a) A nightmare of falling.
(b) The sounds of the glacier.
(c) The cold.
(d) Someone shouting.

5. How many hours do Joe and Ian hang on the rope before being rescued?
(a) 12.
(b) 2.
(c) 21.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Peruvian flutings contrast to European flutings?

2. How long is one length of climbing rope?

3. What name does Joe shout over and over in the crevasse?

4. When Joe falls into the crevasse, what is the first thing he does when he realizes he is alive?

5. While Joe ponders the notion of being left, the rope goes slack. What does this mean?

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