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

3. After coming to the conclusion that Joe is dead, Simon is determined to do what?
(a) To recover Joe's personal helmet-cam to see what happened.
(b) To come back with a helicopter.
(c) To get off the mountain alive.
(d) To find Joe's body.

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

5. When Simon reaches base camp, what is the first thing he says to Richard?
(a) 'Joe's dead.'
(b) 'There was nothing I could do.'
(c) 'He fell.'
(d) 'You look terrible!'

6. What does Simon say he and Joe have changed by climbing the mountain?
(a) Everything.
(b) The record books.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The mountain face.

7. What does Joe not want to lose sight of on the glacier?
(a) The North Star.
(b) The lake.
(c) Simon's tracks.
(d) Base camp.

8. 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?
(a) A pop song.
(b) His vow of revenge.
(c) A Shakespeare soliloquy.
(d) The climber's oath.

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

10. How does Joe resolve to die?
(a) Suddenly, unexpectedly, and in the course of finding a way out.
(b) By jumping into the void.
(c) Slowly and painlessly by hypothermia.
(d) In his sleep.

11. Why does Joe decide to descend deeper into the crevasse?
(a) He knows there is a way out.
(b) Because that is in the worst-case-scenario climber's manual.
(c) He cannot bear another night on the ice bridge.
(d) He sees some light at the bottom of the crevasse.

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

13. How does Joe get through the moraines?
(a) Scooting on his left side.
(b) Walking.
(c) Hopping and falling.
(d) Crawling.

14. When Joe falls into the crevasse, what is the first thing he does when he realizes he is alive?
(a) He looks for his head torch.
(b) He yells for Simon.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He pulls on the rope.

15. After he emerges from the crevasse, what obstacle next lies in his path?
(a) The lake.
(b) Another crevasse.
(c) The glacier.
(d) Bomb Alley.