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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tears in the Night, Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the climbers call their melted-snow drinks?
(a) Shots.
(b) Brews.
(c) Petrols.
(d) Meltwaters.

2. What does Joe do to stifle the nausea caused by the pain?
(a) He holds his breath.
(b) He pushes his face into the snow.
(c) He bends his right knee.
(d) He induces vomiting.

3. After he falls into the crevasse, what does Joe see through the hole far above?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Stars.
(c) Sunlight.
(d) Simon's body.

4. At the beginning of the chapter "On the Edge", on which side of Siula Grande are Joe and Simon descending?
(a) The East Face.
(b) The North Face.
(c) The South Face.
(d) The West Face.

5. At the end of the chapter "On the Edge", Joe notes what about the day?
(a) It had been "a scrabbling nightmare".
(b) It had been "brilliant".
(c) It had been "what we live for".
(d) It had been "neither enjoyable nor funny".

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe do to find out if Simon has fallen to his death?

2. While Joe struggles to dig a snow cave, Simon struggles to do what?

3. What does Joe not want to lose sight of on the glacier?

4. What description does Joe lend to the sounds of icicles breaking away?

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

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