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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the narrator when italic print is used in the book?
(a) Richard.
(b) Simon.
(c) The editor.
(d) Joe.

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

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

5. On their first night on Siula Grande, what do Joe and Simon sleep in?
(a) A pigsty.
(b) A man-made cave.
(c) A natural cave.
(d) A tent.

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

7. When Joe falls and lands on the slope at the base of the cliff, what happens?
(a) His right lower leg bone is forced through the knee joint.
(b) He breaks his left leg.
(c) He ruptures his left knee.
(d) He rips Simon off the mountain.

8. What do Norma and Gloria sell to Richard and Joe?
(a) Muslin bags.
(b) Two Donkeys.
(c) Goat's milk.
(d) Homemade cheese.

9. What is the name of the rock that Joe and Ian climb?
(a) Chamonix.
(b) The Bonatti Pillar.
(c) The Rock of Gibraltar.
(d) Les Petits Drus.

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

11. What part of the body does a gaiter cover?
(a) The head.
(b) The elbow.
(c) The lower leg above the boot.
(d) The thigh.

12. Joe recalls an incident with climber Ian Whittaker in which country?
(a) Zaire.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) New Zealand.

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

14. What is a "Friend"?
(a) A belay device.
(b) A sleeping mat.
(c) A hydration bag with a tube for drinking.
(d) Climbing gear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a sticht plate?

2. How are Joe and Ian rescued?

3. What is a patina?

4. What is directly under Joe when he hangs in front of the ice wall?

5. At the end of "The Final Choice", how does Simon feel?

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