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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Richard and Simon spend a considerable amount of time searching for, but never find?
(a) Simon's money.
(b) The map.
(c) Joe's money.
(d) Simon's passport.

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

3. How does Joe describe the shape of the crevasse chamber where he has been?
(a) A figure-8.
(b) Hourglass-shaped.
(c) Pear-shaped.
(d) Football-shaped.

4. The morning after Simon cut the rope, he descends down the mountain. What does Simon believe to be Joe's fate?
(a) He is alive.
(b) He has died.
(c) He has gone insane.
(d) He has fallen into a crevasse.

5. Gloria and Norma are gawping at Simon. Why?
(a) They feel sorry for Simon.
(b) They want to know what Simon and Richard are going to give them.
(c) They think Simon murdered Joe.
(d) They can't believe what they are seeing.

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

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

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

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

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

11. Why does Joe turn off his head torch?
(a) He can't stand the looks of his injury.
(b) So he can see out better.
(c) To save the batteries.
(d) So he can go to sleep.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides the commands of the voice, what does Joe rely on to keep him going?

2. What is the first thing Richard gives to Simon?

3. When Joe falls into the crevasse, what is the first thing he does when he realizes he is alive?

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

5. What does Joe not want to lose sight of on the glacier?

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