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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. Where does Richard sleep on the way up to base camp?
(a) In his tent.
(b) In a hammock.
(c) In a snow cave.
(d) In a pigsty.

2. What does Joe do when the voice tells him what to do?
(a) He cries.
(b) He argues.
(c) He ignores it.
(d) He obeys.

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

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

5. While Joe struggles to dig a snow cave, Simon struggles to do what?
(a) To repair his sticht plate with his bare fingers.
(b) To repair his head torch with his bare fingers.
(c) To thaw out his fingers.
(d) To dig his own snow cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the climbers call their melted-snow drinks?

2. In the opening scene of the chapter "Shadows in the Ice", Joe is convinced that he and his partner are going to die. What does Joe hope?

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

4. What is the first thing that Simon says to Joe in the chapter "Tempting Fate"?

5. At what altitude does Joe realize that both he and Simon have set a personal altitude record?

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