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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On the Edge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Joe have trouble with in the beginning of the story?
(a) The petrol stove.
(b) His tent.
(c) His crampons.
(d) His rucksack.

2. What are Joe Simpson and Ian Whittaker doing when the ground breaks out from underneath them?
(a) Belaying.
(b) Abseiling.
(c) Getting ready to sleep.
(d) Digging a snow hole.

3. What does Joe mean by a "tortured" cornice?
(a) Pummeled by snow and wind.
(b) Abused.
(c) Twisted and distorted.
(d) Ugly.

4. What is spindrift?
(a) Drifts that are spun like meringue.
(b) Snow drifting down in a dead calm.
(c) Snow-tornadoes.
(d) Powder snow swept up by the wind.

5. What is the name of the rock that Joe and Ian climb?
(a) Les Petits Drus.
(b) The Rock of Gibraltar.
(c) The Bonatti Pillar.
(d) Chamonix.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the weather look when Joe and Simon start up Siula Grande?

2. How does Joe describe Simon's eyes?

3. Who witnesses two climbers in Europe fall to their deaths the year before?

4. Where do Joe and Simon first meet Richard?

5. How far from the nearest village do Joe, Simon, and Richard pitch base camp?

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