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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A character in the book recounts an incident where one climber is dragged off a cliff while roped to his partner. What nationality are these climbers?
(a) Japanese.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Peruvian.

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

3. At the end of the chapter "On the Edge", Joe notes what about the day?
(a) It had been "neither enjoyable nor funny".
(b) It had been "brilliant".
(c) It had been "a scrabbling nightmare".
(d) It had been "what we live for".

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far into the crevasse does Joe guess he has fallen?

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

3. When Joe pulls on the rope in the crevasse, what happens?

4. What is a patina?

5. On what route do two climbers witness the deaths of two other climbers?

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