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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Needle's Eye.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Winter tell Rudi to do that scares him?
(a) That they are climbing the Citadel today.
(b) That they have twenty-four hours to get up and down the mountain.
(c) Go down to Kurtal and convince his uncle to come up.
(d) That Winter might not go on the hike at all due to his condition.

2. How does Winter explain that they should approach the mountain as a group?
(a) As human beings, not people from different towns or nations.
(b) As rivals, and compete for the prize that is the top of the mountain.
(c) As friends, and bury the hatchet of hatred between the two villages.
(d) As equals, people that want to climb the Citadel together.

3. What made Rudi not want to go back to Kurtal?
(a) All of these.
(b) His uncles' anger and his mother's tears.
(c) The mocking laughter of Klaus Weisselhoft.
(d) The dirty dishes at the Beau Site Hotel.

4. Why did Rudi venture out in another direction?
(a) He wanted to see what was beyond the ledge.
(b) He wanted to provide something for the day's climb.
(c) He wanted to explore.
(d) He had wanted the glory for himself.

5. What did the Citadel make all the other mountains around it look like?
(a) Molehills.
(b) Practice mountains.
(c) Foothills.
(d) Baby hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Rudi's uncle respond to him threading the needle?

2. What was the main reason that Saxo gave that he wouldn't climb with Franz?

3. What in the rock glittered like diamonds?

4. Why are Saxo and Winter headed back to Broli?

5. How long had the Citadel been left alone?

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