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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Final Choice.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Joe describe Simon's eyes?
(a) Steel blue.
(b) Bright green.
(c) Blue and laughing.
(d) Brown and mad.

3. How does Simon cut the rope?
(a) He uses a sharp rock.
(b) He touches a knife to it.
(c) He cuts it with a set of climber's rope-shears.
(d) He saws at the rope with a knife for one hour.

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

5. How does the weather look when Joe and Simon start up Siula Grande?
(a) Dreadful.
(b) Blustery.
(c) Perfect.
(d) Foggy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What device does Joe wish they had in their possession as they descend from the summit of Siula Grande?

2. What side of Siula Grande do Joe and Simon have the ambition to conquer?

3. What is spindrift?

4. How does Joe compare his fitness with Simon's?

5. What do Joe and Simon climb at the beginning of the ascent on Siula Grande?

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