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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Joe assume Simon will do when he finds out that he has broken his leg?
(a) Simon will leave him.
(b) Simon will help him.
(c) Simon will flip out.
(d) Simon will stay and die with him.
2. After lowering Joe down, what is Simon's signal that Joe needs to take his weight off the rope?
(a) Giving slack to the rope.
(b) Three tugs on the rope.
(c) Three flashes of his head torch.
(d) Three arm waves.
3. What object does Joe have trouble with in the beginning of the story?
(a) His rucksack.
(b) His tent.
(c) The petrol stove.
(d) His crampons.
4. How do Peruvian flutings contrast to European flutings?
(a) They are made of yellow rock.
(b) They appear to defy gravity.
(c) They are made of snow.
(d) They are difficult to see.
5. Joe notes that some of the icicles are as thick as...
(a) An ice weep.
(b) A man's arm.
(c) A glacier.
(d) A family bible.
6. 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.
7. What do Joe and Simon climb at the beginning of the ascent on Siula Grande?
(a) A granite spire.
(b) A buttress.
(c) An ice wall.
(d) A fluting.
8. What is a patina?
(a) A type of mountaineering skate used to descend slopes.
(b) The ceiling of a snow cave.
(c) A Peruvian flatbread that Gloria cooks for Richard.
(d) A thin layer that appears slowly over time.
9. When thinking about being left on the mountain, Joe feels himself "teetering on the edge of..."
(a) A cliff.
(b) Panic.
(c) Lunacy.
(d) A crevasse.
10. How does Joe compare his fitness with Simon's?
(a) Joe and Simon are both out of shape.
(b) Simon is more fit than Joe.
(c) Joe is more fit than Simon.
(d) Joe and Simon are equally matched.
11. On what route do two climbers witness the deaths of two other climbers?
(a) The Red Granite Spire.
(b) Siula Grande.
(c) The Croz Spur.
(d) Mount Everest.
12. What description does Joe lend to the sounds of icicles breaking away?
(a) Cracking.
(b) Chandelier sounds.
(c) Like glass shattering.
(d) Clanging.
13. When the rope suddenly pulls on Simon with great force, what situation is Joe in that Simon cannot see?
(a) Joe has fallen into a crevasse.
(b) Joe has given up.
(c) Joe has gone over the edge of an ice wall.
(d) Joe has gone unconscious.
14. When Joe and Simon move together along the ridge, how far behind Simon does Joe follow?
(a) 150 yards.
(b) A full rope-length.
(c) One car-length.
(d) Within earshot.
15. While Joe struggles to dig a snow cave, Simon struggles to do what?
(a) To repair his head torch with his bare fingers.
(b) To thaw out his fingers.
(c) To dig his own snow cave.
(d) To repair his sticht plate with his bare fingers.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which practice route does Al Rouse understate as 'a ridge of some difficulty'?
2. What are Joe Simpson and Ian Whittaker doing when the ground breaks out from underneath them?
3. How does Simon cut the rope?
4. How long do Joe and Simon expect to be gone on their climb of Siula Grande?
5. At the beginning of the chapter "On the Edge", on which side of Siula Grande are Joe and Simon descending?
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