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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Land Without Pity.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Simon feels as if the whole struggle up until he cuts the rope is the deliberate scheme of whom?
(a) A bored and evil force.
(b) The Peruvians.
(c) Himself.
(d) Joe.

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

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

5. What method of movement does Joe first try when he is out of the crevasse?
(a) Tobogganing.
(b) Nordic-walking.
(c) Hopping.
(d) Spindrifting.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the moraines, what is Joe's next destination goal?

2. Joe reaches an open void while abseiling deep into the crevasse, and he struggles to continue. He compares the sensation to which experience?

3. As he lowers himself deeper into the crevasse, what does Joe stare at?

4. What does Joe assume Simon will do when he finds out that he has broken his leg?

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

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