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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Joe compare the figures in the ice?
(a) Answers #1, #2, and #3.
(b) Carvings inside a Hindu Temple.
(c) Paintings by Titian of grossly fat nudes.
(d) A Renaissance painting in the Sistine Chapel.

2. After seeing that the rope had been cut, Joe falls asleep. What wakes him?
(a) The sounds of the glacier.
(b) Someone shouting.
(c) The cold.
(d) A nightmare of falling.

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

4. At seven o'clock on the eve of their departure from base camp, Simon and Richard hear a strange cry in the distance. What does Richard suggest it is?
(a) Joe.
(b) Tripes.
(c) Joe's ghost.
(d) A dog.

5. When he finds a way out, what does Joe say he has that he didn't have before?
(a) An escape route.
(b) Feeling in his fingers.
(c) A plan.
(d) The will to live.

6. What does Joe lack the courage to do?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Climb out.
(c) Move his leg.
(d) Talk.

7. When Joe encounters Simon's footprints, he describes them as sinuous. What does this mean?
(a) Equally spaced.
(b) Meandering.
(c) Reckless.
(d) As if he had been running.

8. What does Joe do when the voice tells him what to do?
(a) He obeys.
(b) He argues.
(c) He cries.
(d) He ignores it.

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

10. After close inspection, what does Joe determine the "floor" of the crevasse to be?
(a) Snow-covered rock.
(b) Not really snow at all.
(c) A dead end.
(d) The fragile ceiling of a lower cavern.

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

12. While crawling through the crevasse section of the glacier, what does Joe hear in his head in addition to the voice?
(a) Birdsong.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Voices of dead people.
(d) Pop song lyrics.

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

14. 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.

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 can't keep up.
(c) That they are embarrassed for having wet themselves.
(d) That they have left him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method of movement does Joe first try when he is out of the crevasse?

2. While crawling through the crevasse section of the glacier, what does Joe frequently do?

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

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

5. Who narrates the chapter "Silent Witness"?

(see the answer keys)

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