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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Joe not want to lose sight of on the glacier?
(a) The lake.
(b) The North Star.
(c) Base camp.
(d) Simon's tracks.
2. What is the weather like when Simon begins to descend the mountain alone?
(a) Calm, silent, sunny, and warm.
(b) High winds with 20-below-zero wind chills.
(c) A complete whiteout.
(d) Scorching.
3. What method of movement does Joe first try when he is out of the crevasse?
(a) Nordic-walking.
(b) Tobogganing.
(c) Spindrifting.
(d) Hopping.
4. How does Simon view the climb after determining that Joe has died?
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Awesome.
(c) One for the record books.
(d) Pointless.
5. What does Joe do to find out if Simon has fallen to his death?
(a) He asks Richard.
(b) He pulls the rope.
(c) He calls him on the radio.
(d) He taps their secret code on the ice wall.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Joe see that makes him certain that he is going to get out of the crevasse?
2. What is the first thing Richard gives to Simon?
3. What does Joe lack the courage to do?
4. After close inspection, what does Joe determine the "floor" of the crevasse to be?
5. When reaching the "floor" of the crevasse, Joe determines his depth to be...
Short Essay Questions
1. In the moraines, what device plays a crucial role in Joe's survival?
2. When Joe finally clears the crevasses of the glacier and arrives at the moraines, what painful condition does he realize that he is stricken with, and how does he describe it?
3. Through the moraines, Joe's watch is a strong preoccupation. Besides pain, what is his obsession?
4. After he sees the frayed ends of the cut rope, what goes through Joe's mind?
5. As Simon turns for one last look at Siula Grande, what goes through his mind?
6. When Simon sees the cliff over which Joe had been hanging, how does he feel?
7. Joe tells of the most difficult thing he has ever done, and the best view he has ever seen. What are these?
8. Why does Joe decide to descend deeper into the crevasse?
9. Why is Joe so worried about losing Simon's tracks?
10. Before setting out across the moraines, what does Joe do with his Karrimat?
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