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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. How does Simon view the climb after determining that Joe has died?
(a) One for the record books.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Awesome.
(d) Brilliant.

2. Why does Joe decide to descend deeper into the crevasse?
(a) Because that is in the worst-case-scenario climber's manual.
(b) He cannot bear another night on the ice bridge.
(c) He sees some light at the bottom of the crevasse.
(d) He knows there is a way out.

3. Upon clearing the crevasses and reaching the moraines, what does Joe realize?
(a) That Simon and Richard have left base camp.
(b) That he is snow-blind.
(c) That the lakes are frozen.
(d) That he's going the wrong direction.

4. The morning after Simon cut the rope, he descends down the mountain. What does Simon believe to be Joe's fate?
(a) He has gone insane.
(b) He has died.
(c) He has fallen into a crevasse.
(d) He is alive.

5. Before recounting the Mont Blanc incident, Joe determines that Simon...
(a) Is going to leave without him.
(b) Has broken his leg.
(c) Is indeed frostbitten.
(d) Is suffering from altitude sickness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who narrates the chapter "Silent Witness"?

2. When Joe encounters Simon's footprints, he describes them as sinuous. What does this mean?

3. When Joe knocks down a row of large icicles, he curses the pain of a...

4. Where do Joe and Simon first meet Richard?

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

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