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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Alone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Franz comfort Frau Matt?
(a) He explains that he will bring Rudi back.
(b) He explains that Winter is the best climber he has ever seen.
(c) He says that Rudi is a good climber and can do it.
(d) He tells her Rudi has only gone to the glaciers.

2. What is the name of the barmaid?
(a) Maria.
(b) Melissa.
(c) Marianne.
(d) Marina.

3. What do the guides believe will destroy the Englishman and the guide from Broli?
(a) Their audacity.
(b) The ghosts of Rudi's father and his Herr.
(c) The demons of the Citadel.
(d) The treacherous climb.

4. Why didn't Rudi yodel when he had gotten to where he stood?
(a) It wouldn't have satisfied him.
(b) It would have been blasphemy.
(c) He wouldn't have honored his fathers memory,
(d) He didn't want Franz to hear him.

5. What suggested that Franz and the group would be the only ones on the Wunderhorn that day?
(a) Franz had booked the mountain path for Captain Winter and to train Rudi.
(b) No one else had stirred with them that morning.
(c) Everyone had said the night before where they were going.
(d) There was no one ahead nor behind them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Rudi's mother known for?

2. How did Rudi react to Captain Winters' story of his rescue?

3. Who saw the three climb up the icefall?

4. Who is the "madman" that Franz is referring to?

5. How much did Winter offer Franz to climb the Citadel with him?

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