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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 do Peruvian flutings contrast to European flutings?
(a) They appear to defy gravity.
(b) They are difficult to see.
(c) They are made of snow.
(d) They are made of yellow rock.

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

3. What does Simon insist that Joe not do on this trip?
(a) Drink beer.
(b) Smoke marijuana.
(c) Smoke cigarettes.
(d) Snore.

4. What does Joe not want to lose sight of on the glacier?
(a) The North Star.
(b) Base camp.
(c) Simon's tracks.
(d) The lake.

5. What does Joe do to find out if Simon has fallen to his death?
(a) He pulls the rope.
(b) He calls him on the radio.
(c) He asks Richard.
(d) He taps their secret code on the ice wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method of movement does Joe first try when he is out of the crevasse?

2. What does Joe mean by a "tortured" cornice?

3. Joe is thrilled at the prospect of achieving what?

4. After close inspection, what does Joe determine the "floor" of the crevasse to be?

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

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