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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 he finds a way out, what does Joe say he has that he didn't have before?
(a) A plan.
(b) Feeling in his fingers.
(c) The will to live.
(d) An escape route.

2. When Joe first looks at his knee after his fall, how does he describe it?
(a) As "bloody stuffed".
(b) As "kinked".
(c) As "cockeyed".
(d) As a "zigzag".

3. To what does Joe compare the figures in the ice?
(a) Carvings inside a Hindu Temple.
(b) Paintings by Titian of grossly fat nudes.
(c) Answers #1, #2, and #3.
(d) A Renaissance painting in the Sistine Chapel.

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

5. When Joe and Simon move together, Joe moves only when...
(a) Simon gives him the signal.
(b) The rope moves.
(c) He can see Simon.
(d) The whiteout is over.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fifth step does Joe add to his pattern of movement through the moraines?

2. On what route do two climbers witness the deaths of two other climbers?

3. What is the first thing Simon says to Joe after Joe tells him about the broken leg?

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

5. How are Joe and Ian rescued?

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