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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his climbing rhythm, Joe says to look at what?
(a) The ice.
(b) Your watch.
(c) The ice axe.
(d) Your feet.

2. A hundredweight of icicles falls on Joe's head. How much is this?
(a) 100 grams.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) About 100 icicles.
(d) 100 kilograms.

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

4. Who witnesses two climbers in Europe fall to their deaths the year before?
(a) Richard Hawking and Ian Whittaker.
(b) Simon Yates and Joe Simpson.
(c) Simon Yates and Jon Sylvester.
(d) Al Rouse and Maurice Herzog.

5. How long is one length of climbing rope?
(a) 150 feet.
(b) 300 feet.
(c) A hundredweight.
(d) 150 metres.

6. What object does Joe have trouble with in the beginning of the story?
(a) His crampons.
(b) His rucksack.
(c) The petrol stove.
(d) His tent.

7. Simon tells Joe that he is knackered. What does this mean?
(a) He is trying to shake off what he just saw.
(b) He is very tired.
(c) He is cinched up in his knap-sack.
(d) He is dumbfounded.

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

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

10. What is the elevation of Siula Grande?
(a) 21,000 feet.
(b) 4,500 feet.
(c) 29,000 feet.
(d) 21,000 metres.

11. When the rope suddenly pulls on Simon with great force, what situation is Joe in that Simon cannot see?
(a) Joe has gone unconscious.
(b) Joe has given up.
(c) Joe has gone over the edge of an ice wall.
(d) Joe has fallen into a crevasse.

12. Joe recalls an incident with climber Ian Whittaker in which country?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Zaire.

13. While Simon is lowering Joe, Joe swears a lot, mostly at...
(a) The cold.
(b) Simon.
(c) His crampons.
(d) The snow.

14. When Joe follows Simon, he is careful to do what?
(a) Avoid Simon's footsteps entirely.
(b) Not lose sight of Simon.
(c) Follow Simon's footsteps exactly.
(d) Keep Richard informed of their progress.

15. What is Joe doing in the opening scene?
(a) Drinking tea.
(b) Climbing.
(c) Snoring.
(d) Lying in his sleeping bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "The Final Choice", how does Simon feel?

2. How does Joe try to gauge their height on the mountain?

3. Why are Simon's fingertips turning black?

4. Joe says that what is infectious?

5. What does Joe try to use to climb up the rope?

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