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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What method of movement does Joe first try when he is out of the crevasse?
(a) Hopping.
(b) Tobogganing.
(c) Spindrifting.
(d) Nordic-walking.

2. Simon recalls that he wanted to see Bolivia before returning to London. What country does Joe want to see?
(a) Tasmania.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) Peru.
(d) Ecuador.

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

4. When Joe finally reaches Bomb Alley, he immediately finds a trickle of water. How long has he gone without food or water?
(a) Eight days.
(b) "Forever."
(c) Three days.
(d) One whole day.

5. Who does Simon get extremely angry at during his last full day at base camp?
(a) The voice.
(b) Gloria and Norma.
(c) Richard.
(d) Spinoza.

6. After he falls into the crevasse, what does Joe see through the hole far above?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Simon's body.
(c) Sunlight.
(d) Stars.

7. What does Simon believe causes the loss of Joe?
(a) The weather.
(b) The fact that they were on the wrong side of the mountain.
(c) His stupidity.
(d) The very means by which they tried to rescue themselves.

8. What does Joe land on when he falls into the crevasse?
(a) A cornice.
(b) A snow hole.
(c) An ice bridge.
(d) The bottom of the crevasse.

9. What are the bas-relief figures doing?
(a) Copulating.
(b) Gawping.
(c) Carving.
(d) Pointing toward God.

10. When Richard returns to base camp, he informs Simon that Spinoza will arrive with the donkeys when?
(a) After the girls are done making their cheese.
(b) Within the week.
(c) Within two hours.
(d) At six o'clock tomorrow morning.

11. What does Joe strap around his injured leg?
(a) His Karrimat.
(b) His harness.
(c) The rope.
(d) His sleeping bag.

12. After the moraines, what is Joe's next destination goal?
(a) Base camp.
(b) Bomb Alley.
(c) The lake.
(d) Lima.

13. Joe reaches an open void while abseiling deep into the crevasse, and he struggles to continue. He compares the sensation to which experience?
(a) The moment before saying "yes" in a marriage ceremony.
(b) Standing in the doorway of a plane, wearing a parachute.
(c) Standing on a diving board and staring into the pool.
(d) Riding a bike for the first time.

14. When Joe finally musters the courage to look down, what does he see in disbelief?
(a) The Prussik knot he had dropped while hanging above the crevasse.
(b) Another dead climber.
(c) The corpse of an ancient iceman.
(d) A snow-covered floor.

15. In Bomb Alley, Joe sees the footprints of Simon and Richard. What does he think this means?
(a) That they are following close behind.
(b) That they are embarrassed for having wet themselves.
(c) That they can't keep up.
(d) That they have left him.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Bomb Alley, what is Joe's next objective?

2. After his first night in a snow cave since exiting the crevasse, Joe awakens, screaming from a nightmare about the crevasse, in which he was reciting what?

3. What does Joe do when the voice tells him what to do?

4. What does Joe lack the courage to do?

5. What fifth step does Joe add to his pattern of movement through the moraines?

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