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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Joe get through the moraines?
(a) Walking.
(b) Hopping and falling.
(c) Scooting on his left side.
(d) Crawling.
2. After Bomb Alley, what is Joe's next objective?
(a) The lower lake.
(b) The riverbed.
(c) Base camp.
(d) The upper lake.
3. When Joe encounters Simon's footprints, he describes them as sinuous. What does this mean?
(a) As if he had been running.
(b) Meandering.
(c) Reckless.
(d) Equally spaced.
4. What is the 4-step pattern of movement that Joe perfects to get through the moraines?
(a) Push-hop-push-hop.
(b) Place-lift-brace-hop.
(c) Check-sit-swing-step.
(d) Hop-fall-retch-curse.
5. When Joe finally reaches Bomb Alley, he immediately finds a trickle of water. How long has he gone without food or water?
(a) One whole day.
(b) Eight days.
(c) Three days.
(d) "Forever."
6. What does Joe strap around his injured leg?
(a) His sleeping bag.
(b) His Karrimat.
(c) His harness.
(d) The rope.
7. What does Joe do when the voice tells him what to do?
(a) He cries.
(b) He argues.
(c) He ignores it.
(d) He obeys.
8. While abseiling deeper into the crevasse, Joe is certain of two things. What are they?
(a) Simon is dead and will never be found.
(b) Simon is gone and will not return.
(c) Simon is alive and will come back for him.
(d) There is a way out of the crevasse and he will find it.
9. What is a bergschrund?
(a) A natural amphitheatre.
(b) A burgundy-colored, crunchy type of scree.
(c) A crevasse at the head of a mountain glacier.
(d) The hop of an injured climber.
10. After coming to the conclusion that Joe is dead, Simon is determined to do what?
(a) To find Joe's body.
(b) To get off the mountain alive.
(c) To come back with a helicopter.
(d) To recover Joe's personal helmet-cam to see what happened.
11. Why does Joe decide to descend deeper into the crevasse?
(a) Because that is in the worst-case-scenario climber's manual.
(b) He sees some light at the bottom of the crevasse.
(c) He knows there is a way out.
(d) He cannot bear another night on the ice bridge.
12. What does Joe shout at the lake?
(a) "Don't be a fool. Two hours' light left."
(b) "Help me!"
(c) "SIIIMMMOONNNN!"
(d) "Four o'clock and all's well."
13. After the moraines, what is Joe's next destination goal?
(a) Base camp.
(b) Lima.
(c) Bomb Alley.
(d) The lake.
14. After waking from his nightmare, what does Joe see?
(a) Stars.
(b) Sunlight reflecting off of his crampons.
(c) A way out.
(d) His breath against the snow roof.
15. When reaching the "floor" of the crevasse, Joe determines his depth to be...
(a) About 100 feet.
(b) About 50 feet.
(c) Below sea level.
(d) About 150 feet.
Short Answer Questions
1. What method of movement does Joe first try when he is out of the crevasse?
2. What fifth step does Joe add to his pattern of movement through the moraines?
3. How far into the crevasse does Joe guess he has fallen?
4. Who narrates the chapter "Silent Witness"?
5. What is the weather like when Simon begins to descend the mountain alone?
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