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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tears in the Night, Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe strap around his injured leg?
(a) The rope.
(b) His sleeping bag.
(c) His harness.
(d) His Karrimat.

2. How does Joe describe the shape of the crevasse chamber where he has been?
(a) A figure-8.
(b) Football-shaped.
(c) Hourglass-shaped.
(d) Pear-shaped.

3. At what altitude does Joe realize that both he and Simon have set a personal altitude record?
(a) 15,000 feet.
(b) 29,000 feet.
(c) 18,000 feet.
(d) 21,000 feet.

4. A character in the book recounts an incident where one climber is dragged off a cliff while roped to his partner. What nationality are these climbers?
(a) Japanese.
(b) English.
(c) Peruvian.
(d) French.

5. What method of movement does Joe first try when he is out of the crevasse?
(a) Hopping.
(b) Tobogganing.
(c) Spindrifting.
(d) Nordic-walking.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is one length of climbing rope?

2. In Bomb Alley, Joe sees the footprints of Simon and Richard. What does he think this means?

3. How does Simon cut the rope?

4. After he emerges from the crevasse, what obstacle next lies in his path?

5. What is blue ice?

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