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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. After waking from his nightmare, what does Joe see?
(a) His breath against the snow roof.
(b) A way out.
(c) Stars.
(d) Sunlight reflecting off of his crampons.

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

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

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

8. In the opening scene of the chapter "Shadows in the Ice", Joe is convinced that he and his partner are going to die. What does Joe hope?
(a) That someone will know they made it to the summit of Siula Grande by the West Face.
(b) That he remembered to give his parents' phone number to Richard.
(c) That he hits the water at the bottom of the crevasse.
(d) That Simon has a quick death.

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

10. What does Simon say the mountain has taken?
(a) Joe.
(b) His achievement.
(c) Everything.
(d) His dignity.

11. 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) Three days.
(c) One whole day.
(d) "Forever."

12. Besides the commands of the voice, what does Joe rely on to keep him going?
(a) The glacier.
(b) His watch.
(c) The heat.
(d) Simon.

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

14. After 12 hours in the crevasse, Joe finally escapes. Although briefly mentioned in the chapter "In the Far Distance", a new character is now officially introduced. Who is it?
(a) Alecia.
(b) The soaring condor.
(c) The voice.
(d) Paddington.

15. What name does Joe shout over and over in the crevasse?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Ramona.
(c) Simon.
(d) Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe do to find out if Simon has fallen to his death?

2. What is the 4-step pattern of movement that Joe perfects to get through the moraines?

3. Who does Simon get extremely angry at during his last full day at base camp?

4. 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?

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

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