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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) Meltwaters.
(d) Petrols.

2. What becomes Joe's obsession in the moraines?
(a) Footprints.
(b) The smell of urine.
(c) Water.
(d) Rocks.

3. When reaching the "floor" of the crevasse, Joe determines his depth to be...
(a) About 100 feet.
(b) About 150 feet.
(c) About 50 feet.
(d) Below sea level.

4. Why does Joe smell a foul odor?
(a) He hasn't bathed in eight days.
(b) His knee is becoming infected with gangrene.
(c) He smells the corpse of another climber.
(d) He has crawled through the latrine area of the camp.

5. What is another word for "abseil"?
(a) Climb.
(b) Traverse.
(c) Bivi.
(d) Rappel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simon do with Joe's clothes?

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

3. A character in the book recounts an incident where one climber is dragged off a cliff while roped to his partner. What nationality are these climbers?

4. While Simon is lowering Joe, Joe swears a lot, mostly at...

5. While Joe ponders the notion of being left, the rope goes slack. What does this mean?

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