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1. 1.

   What images of the landscape and weather of the area do you get from the opening lines of the narrative?

2. 2.

   "The world almost creaked in the cold'. Explain.

3. 3.

   The lines. 'We spoke but little .... On our final push for the summit', indicate:

   1. They were tired.
   2. They lived and breathed adventure.
   3. They were scared of the climb.
4. 4.

   Why were they carrying cinematograph apparatus to the summit?

5. 5.

   Rearrange the following incidents from the story in their order of occurrence.

   1. The narrator and his group had tinned fruit and sardines with steaming cups of tea for breakfast.
   2. When the narrator tried to have himself to his knees, his sleeping bag cracked sharply.
   3. They had hardly marched more than a few yards from the camp when they were sinking boot deep in snow.
   4. At 8 a.m, they started off, on their push for the summit.
   5. A cold dawn arrived with petulant gusts of wind.
6. 6.

   Three words from the passage are given below. Give meaning of each words as used in the passage and make sentences as to bring out its meaning clearly.

   1. petulant: _________
   2. congealed: ________
   3. avalanche: ________