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

2. 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?
(a) A Shakespeare soliloquy.
(b) His vow of revenge.
(c) The climber's oath.
(d) A pop song.

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

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

5. What does Joe do to find out if Simon has fallen to his death?
(a) He asks Richard.
(b) He taps their secret code on the ice wall.
(c) He pulls the rope.
(d) He calls him on the radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Simon recalls that he wanted to see Bolivia before returning to London. What country does Joe want to see?

2. When Joe finally musters the courage to look down, what does he see in disbelief?

3. What does Joe land on when he falls into the crevasse?

4. Who does Richard go to see about getting donkeys for transporting their gear?

5. What does Joe shout at the lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does the "voice" utter its first words of discouragement? What does it tell Joe?

2. While preparing for his escape attempt up the snow cone towards the light, how does Joe's view towards the crevasse briefly change?

3. While crawling away during his escape from the crevasse, what is Joe's most common excuse for stopping, and what persuades him to continue?

4. Describe Joe's one article of clothing that Simon can't bring himself to burn.

5. As Simon turns for one last look at Siula Grande, what goes through his mind?

6. As Simon descends Siula Grande at the beginning of "Silent Witness", how does he feel about the mountain?

7. Why does Joe decide to descend deeper into the crevasse?

8. After discovering that Simon had cut the rope, Joe turns off his head torch and cries himself to sleep. When he awakens, what are his immediate thoughts?

9. 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?

10. Why is Joe so worried about losing Simon's tracks?

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