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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 the first thing Richard gives to Simon?
(a) The medicine bag.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Tea.

2. What does Joe say about bivouac sites?
(a) They are hidden.
(b) He usually dislikes them.
(c) They are convenient.
(d) They are cold.

3. What is Joe attempting to do when he falls and injures himself?
(a) He is attempting to reverse-climb a small cliff.
(b) He is attempting to jump a crevasse.
(c) He is attempting to look over the edge of a cornice.
(d) He is attempting to slide down a scree slope.

4. How many hours do Joe and Ian hang on the rope before being rescued?
(a) 12.
(b) 21.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. What does Simon say the mountain has taken?
(a) Everything.
(b) His achievement.
(c) Joe.
(d) His dignity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Simon tells Joe that he is knackered. What does this mean?

2. After his first night in a snow cave since exiting the crevasse, Joe awakens, screaming from a nightmare about the crevasse, in which he was reciting what?

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

4. What do the climbers call their melted-snow drinks?

5. How far into the crevasse does Joe guess he has fallen?

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