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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Joe assume Simon will do when he finds out that he has broken his leg?
(a) Simon will leave him.
(b) Simon will help him.
(c) Simon will flip out.
(d) Simon will stay and die with him.

3. After his accident with Ian, Joe regains his desire to climb, except for the dread of what?
(a) Freezing.
(b) Shredded ropes.
(c) Falling.
(d) Bivouacs.

4. What is a pitch?
(a) A section of a climb equal to one length of rope.
(b) A toss of the rope.
(c) The echo of the ax cracking the ice.
(d) A slide down the mountain on one's back.

5. 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 "what we live for".
(c) It had been "a scrabbling nightmare".
(d) It had been "brilliant".

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simon insist that Joe not do on this trip?

2. A hundredweight of icicles falls on Joe's head. How much is this?

3. What are Joe Simpson and Ian Whittaker doing when the ground breaks out from underneath them?

4. Joe notes in the chapter "On the Edge" that any accident needing a rope to break a fall would be...

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

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