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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 run out of in the chapter "On the Edge"?
(a) Snow for melting into water.
(b) Food.
(c) Gas.
(d) Worry.

2. What collapses under Simon's feet?
(a) A crevice.
(b) The summit.
(c) A snow ridge.
(d) An ice bridge.

3. When Joe pulls on the rope in the crevasse, what happens?
(a) The rope slides freely into the crevasse.
(b) The rope comes taught from the weight of Simon's body.
(c) Simon yells.
(d) The rope breaks.

4. As Simon lowers Joe down the mountain, how is Joe facing?
(a) Face up, head first.
(b) Face down, feet first.
(c) Face down, head first.
(d) Face up, feet first.

5. The human figures Joe sees in the broken ice of a cliff are in "bas-relief". What does this mean?
(a) Resting.
(b) Humming a bass-pitched tune.
(c) Reclining.
(d) Projecting slightly from the background.

Short Answer Questions

1. At one of the lowering changeovers, Simon smiles at Joe, and Joe realizes that their partnership...

2. What is a "Friend"?

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

4. After reciting a soliloquy as a preoccupying game, Joe realizes what?

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

(see the answer key)

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