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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 continue down the hillside?
(a) He wanted to climb the peak in the morning.
(b) He knew Franz would be wroth if he didn't.
(c) He kept slipping on the snow-covered rocks.
(d) He thought that his mother would be too worried.

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

3. What sound did Rudi make?
(a) A hissing of striking a match.
(b) He dropped a boot.
(c) A creak of a plank underfoot.
(d) A click of the lock being engaged.

4. What do the guides believe will destroy the Englishman and the guide from Broli?
(a) The demons of the Citadel.
(b) The ghosts of Rudi's father and his Herr.
(c) The treacherous climb.
(d) Their audacity.

5. How many days did it rain?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the favorite resort of the guides of Kurtal?

2. Why is Rudi employed as a dishwasher?

3. Where did the guides think that Rudi was?

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

5. Where was Josef Matt's shirt found?

(see the answer key)

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