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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 many dishes did Rudi break?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. What is the only nice thing that was said of Emil Saxo?
(a) He was the best of the guides in Broli.
(b) He is honorable and decent.
(c) He is good to his Herr's and will take good care of Winter.
(d) He is smart and canny.

3. What made Rudi happy?
(a) There was a straight forward route past the Fortress and beyond.
(b) All of these.
(c) He had proved his father was right.
(d) He was higher than any person had ever been before on the Citadel.

4. What did Teo tell the waitress?
(a) That Rudi had gone to see his ailing mother.
(b) That Rudi was good for nothing in the kitchen.
(c) That Rudi was a good boy.
(d) That Rudi was out on an errand.

5. What did Rudi see on the cliff above?
(a) A chamois.
(b) A seagull.
(c) A mountain goat.
(d) An eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound did Rudi make?

2. What does Captain Winter say that Rudi deserves?

3. How long did it take Rudi to reach the top of the bergschrund?

4. Until what time did Rudi wait in bed?

5. Where did Rudi keep near when he had approached the area in which the avalanche had occurred the day before?

(see the answer key)

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