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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Land Without Pity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a patina?
(a) The ceiling of a snow cave.
(b) A Peruvian flatbread that Gloria cooks for Richard.
(c) A thin layer that appears slowly over time.
(d) A type of mountaineering skate used to descend slopes.

2. What is verglas?
(a) A type of eye lens used to help climbers with vertigo.
(b) Vertical scree.
(c) A thin glaze of glass-like ice covering the rock.
(d) Vertical ice.

3. While Joe ponders the notion of being left, the rope goes slack. What does this mean?
(a) That Simon is descending towards Joe.
(b) That the rope has been cut.
(c) That Simon is leaving.
(d) That Simon is falling.

4. What is a Karrimat?
(a) A sleeping bag.
(b) A sleeping mat.
(c) A karabiner mat.
(d) A belay seat.

5. The morning after Simon cut the rope, he descends down the mountain. What does Simon believe to be Joe's fate?
(a) He has fallen into a crevasse.
(b) He has gone insane.
(c) He has died.
(d) He is alive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Joe lack the courage to do?

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

4. What is the first thing Richard gives to Simon?

5. While Simon is lowering Joe, Joe swears a lot, mostly at...

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