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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Storm at the Summit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Peruvian flutings contrast to European flutings?
(a) They are difficult to see.
(b) They appear to defy gravity.
(c) They are made of yellow rock.
(d) They are made of snow.

2. What side of Siula Grande do Joe and Simon have the ambition to conquer?
(a) The West Face.
(b) The South Face.
(c) The North Face.
(d) The East Face.

3. When Joe knocks down a row of large icicles, he curses the pain of a...
(a) Broken knee joint.
(b) Broken heel.
(c) Cracked tooth.
(d) Shattered femur.

4. What is a couloir?
(a) A species of colombine.
(b) A wall.
(c) A gully.
(d) A snow formation.

5. What do the climbers use to help them see at night?
(a) Flashlights.
(b) LCD screens.
(c) Starlight.
(d) Head torches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing that Simon says to Joe in the chapter "Tempting Fate"?

2. What collapses under Simon's feet?

3. Joe notes that some of the icicles are as thick as...

4. What is blue ice?

5. What do Norma and Gloria sell to Richard and Joe?

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