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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gloria and Norma are gawping at Simon. Why?
(a) They think Simon murdered Joe.
(b) They want to know what Simon and Richard are going to give them.
(c) They feel sorry for Simon.
(d) They can't believe what they are seeing.

2. 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.

3. What fifth step does Joe add to his pattern of movement through the moraines?
(a) Looking at his watch.
(b) Retching.
(c) Swinging his ax at the rocks to vent stress.
(d) Drinking.

4. Besides the commands of the voice, what does Joe rely on to keep him going?
(a) His watch.
(b) Simon.
(c) The heat.
(d) The glacier.

5. How far into the crevasse does Joe guess he has fallen?
(a) About 50 stories.
(b) About 50 feet.
(c) All the way.
(d) About 100 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Simon feels as if the whole struggle up until he cuts the rope is the deliberate scheme of whom?

2. To what does Joe compare the figures in the ice?

3. What does Simon say the mountain has taken?

4. How does Joe resolve to die?

5. What does Joe see that makes him certain that he is going to get out of the crevasse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joe discover upon reaching the "bottom" of the crevasse?

2. After learning that the rope had been cut and after getting some sleep in the crevasse, what are Joe's thoughts about the end of his life?

3. How does Joe describe his night in the moraines under the stars?

4. When does the "voice" utter its first words of discouragement? What does it tell Joe?

5. While trying to reach base camp, what single thought springs Joe into action, but also holds the possibility of being the final death of him?

6. What logic does Joe use to assume that Simon believes he is dead?

7. Before setting out across the moraines, what does Joe do with his Karrimat?

8. After he sees the frayed ends of the cut rope, what goes through Joe's mind?

9. When Simon sees the cliff over which Joe had been hanging, how does he feel?

10. Describe Joe's one article of clothing that Simon can't bring himself to burn.

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