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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 the rope suddenly pulls on Simon with great force, what situation is Joe in that Simon cannot see?
(a) Joe has given up.
(b) Joe has gone unconscious.
(c) Joe has fallen into a crevasse.
(d) Joe has gone over the edge of an ice wall.

2. What description does Joe lend to the sounds of icicles breaking away?
(a) Chandelier sounds.
(b) Like glass shattering.
(c) Cracking.
(d) Clanging.

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

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

5. Simon tells Joe that he is knackered. What does this mean?
(a) He is cinched up in his knap-sack.
(b) He is dumbfounded.
(c) He is very tired.
(d) He is trying to shake off what he just saw.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is verglas?

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

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

4. What do Norma and Gloria sell to Richard and Joe?

5. What device does Joe wish they had in their possession as they descend from the summit of Siula Grande?

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