2. After close inspection, what does Joe determine the "floor" of the crevasse to be?
(a) The fragile ceiling of a lower cavern.
(b) Snow-covered rock.
(c) Not really snow at all.
(d) A dead end.

3. What does Joe not want to lose sight of on the glacier?
(a) The lake.
(b) The North Star.
(c) Base camp.
(d) Simon's tracks.

4. While crawling through the crevasse section of the glacier, what does Joe frequently do?
(a) He digs bucket seats.
(b) He stands up to check the progress of his route.
(c) He bleats out obscenities.
(d) He vomits.

5. What name does Joe shout over and over in the crevasse?
(a) Simon.
(b) Richard.
(c) Ramona.
(d) Jesus.

6. Why does Joe decide to descend deeper into the crevasse?
(a) He knows there is a way out.
(b) He cannot bear another night on the ice bridge.
(c) He sees some light at the bottom of the crevasse.
(d) Because that is in the worst-case-scenario climber's manual.

7. When Joe encounters Simon's footprints, he describes them as sinuous. What does this mean?
(a) Meandering.
(b) As if he had been running.
(c) Equally spaced.
(d) Reckless.

8. In the opening scene of the chapter "Shadows in the Ice", Joe is convinced that he and his partner are going to die. What does Joe hope?
(a) That Simon has a quick death.
(b) That he remembered to give his parents' phone number to Richard.
(c) That he hits the water at the bottom of the crevasse.
(d) That someone will know they made it to the summit of Siula Grande by the West Face.

9. What does Simon assume the foul taste in his mouth is from?
(a) Dehydration.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Pulmonary edema.
(d) Altitude sickness.

10. When he finds a way out, what does Joe say he has that he didn't have before?
(a) A plan.
(b) An escape route.
(c) Feeling in his fingers.
(d) The will to live.

11. What does Joe do when the voice tells him what to do?
(a) He obeys.
(b) He cries.
(c) He argues.
(d) He ignores it.

12. Upon clearing the crevasses and reaching the moraines, what does Joe realize?
(a) That he's going the wrong direction.
(b) That Simon and Richard have left base camp.
(c) That he is snow-blind.
(d) That the lakes are frozen.

13. What does Joe land on when he falls into the crevasse?
(a) A snow hole.
(b) A cornice.
(c) An ice bridge.
(d) The bottom of the crevasse.

14. What is the weather like when Simon begins to descend the mountain alone?
(a) High winds with 20-below-zero wind chills.
(b) A complete whiteout.
(c) Scorching.
(d) Calm, silent, sunny, and warm.

15. When sorting through Joe's possessions, what does Simon salvage?
(a) Joe's hat from Czechoslovakia.
(b) Joe's clothes.
(c) Miri Smidt's diary.
(d) A bag from Chamonix.