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

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

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

4. 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.

5. What is the 4-step pattern of movement that Joe perfects to get through the moraines?
(a) Check-sit-swing-step.
(b) Hop-fall-retch-curse.
(c) Push-hop-push-hop.
(d) Place-lift-brace-hop.

Short Answer Questions

1. After seeing that the rope had been cut, Joe falls asleep. What wakes him?

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

3. How does Joe get through the moraines?

4. When Richard returns to base camp, he informs Simon that Spinoza will arrive with the donkeys when?

5. After the moraines, what is Joe's next destination goal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. After he sees the frayed ends of the cut rope, what goes through Joe's mind?

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

5. While abseiling to the right of the wall over which Joe had tumbled, why does Simon suddenly stop his descent?

6. When Simon sees the cliff over which Joe had been hanging, how does he feel?

7. In the moraines, what device plays a crucial role in Joe's survival?

8. What are some of the reasons Richard gives for their expeditious departure?

9. How does Joe describe his night in the moraines under the stars?

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

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