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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Master and Pupil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the greatest sin a mountaineer can commit?
(a) Making others risk their lives to save his.
(b) Scouting ahead without telling anyone where he was going.
(c) Falling.
(d) Making the employer risk his life to save his.

2. Why is Rudi employed as a dishwasher?
(a) His uncle promised him a scholarship if he stayed in business.
(b) His mother was jealous of his climbing abilities.
(c) His mother doesn't want him following his father to the grave.
(d) He didn't want to follow his father to the grave.

3. Which ridge does Rudi think is the only passable one?
(a) The southeast ridge.
(b) The north face.
(c) The northeast ridge.
(d) The east face.

4. What is the first thing Rudi tied to the staff?
(a) His backpack.
(b) His jacket.
(c) His shirt.
(d) His pants.

5. How many people could stay in the Blausee Hut?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Rudi's pack weigh?

2. What reward does Winter suggest that Rudi should get from them?

3. What didn't Captain Winter buy for Rudi?

4. To what stone did Rudi compare the man?

5. What point of the Citadel was the highest point reached before?

(see the answer key)

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