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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Darkness and Dawn.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What in the rock glittered like diamonds?
(a) Gold.
(b) Hematite.
(c) Quartz.
(d) Mica.

3. In what kind of tree was Rudi's staff hidden?
(a) A cedar.
(b) A blue spruce.
(c) An lodge-pole pine.
(d) A fir.

4. What was the main reason that Saxo gave that he wouldn't climb with Franz?
(a) "A man of Broli is better than a Kurtaler".
(b) "A Kurtaler is too good to climb with a man of Broli".
(c) " A man of Broli does not climb with a Kurtaler".
(d) "A man of Broli is more skilled than a Kurtaler".

5. How long has the person been in the crevasse?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Three hours.
(c) One hour.
(d) A half hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Rudi encouraged when he thought it was impossible to go any further?

2. How did Rudi's mountaineer instinct come into play?

3. Who would substitute for Rudi at the hotel?

4. What was the rumbling that Rudi heard?

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

(see the answer key)

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