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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how high is the top of the Wunderhorn?
(a) Thirteen thousand feet.
(b) Ten thousand feet.
(c) Twelve thousand feet.
(d) Eleven thousand feet.

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

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

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

5. What was the only sound?
(a) His boots on the hard-packed earth.
(b) A frog.
(c) His boots on the gravel.
(d) A cricket chirping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why hadn't Rudi turned around when he knew he needed to?

2. What was the greatest sin a mountaineer can commit?

3. Who would substitute for Rudi at the hotel?

4. Until what time did Rudi wait in bed?

5. Who saw the three climb up the icefall?

(see the answer key)

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