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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. Why didn't Rudi cry out?
(a) He worried that his voice could trigger a fresh avalanche.
(b) He knew his strongest effort on the surface would be little more than a whisper.
(c) He didn't think the other two people in his party would be alive to hear him.
(d) He felt that he would look wimpy to Saxo and Winter if he were to call out.

2. What didn't Rudi take from the cupboard?
(a) Hiking boots.
(b) The knapsack.
(c) Ice ax.
(d) Crampons.

3. What did Rudi still have in his hands?
(a) His crampons.
(b) Balls of snow.
(c) The ax.
(d) The rope.

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

5. Why did Rudi venture out in another direction?
(a) He wanted to provide something for the day's climb.
(b) He wanted to explore.
(c) He had wanted the glory for himself.
(d) He wanted to see what was beyond the ledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Rudi?

2. Who stands up for Rudi and prevents Franz from taking him down the mountain?

3. What was the proprietor of the moving shadow?

4. What gave Rudi such hope?

5. How did Teo get injured?

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