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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mind Games.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Joe looks at the frayed end of the cut rope, what colors are the nylon filaments?
(a) Purple and yellow.
(b) White and pink.
(c) Red and blue.
(d) Green and brown.

2. What do the climbers run out of in the chapter "On the Edge"?
(a) Food.
(b) Worry.
(c) Gas.
(d) Snow for melting into water.

3. 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 he remembered to give his parents' phone number to Richard.
(b) That he hits the water at the bottom of the crevasse.
(c) That someone will know they made it to the summit of Siula Grande by the West Face.
(d) That Simon has a quick death.

4. What is a bergschrund?
(a) A crevasse at the head of a mountain glacier.
(b) A burgundy-colored, crunchy type of scree.
(c) A natural amphitheatre.
(d) The hop of an injured climber.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. At the beginning of the chapter "On the Edge", on which side of Siula Grande are Joe and Simon descending?

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