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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, - And Error.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the other boys of the village call Rudi?
(a) "Baby face".
(b) "Boy wonder".
(c) Nothing to his face.
(d) "Angel face".

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

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

4. What didn't Franz bring out for lunch?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Tea.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Apples.

5. What suggested that Franz and the group would be the only ones on the Wunderhorn that day?
(a) No one else had stirred with them that morning.
(b) Everyone had said the night before where they were going.
(c) There was no one ahead nor behind them.
(d) Franz had booked the mountain path for Captain Winter and to train Rudi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Rudi know his father's shirt had to be of high quality?

2. Who would substitute for Rudi at the hotel?

3. What did the Citadel make all the other mountains around it look like?

4. Which glacier did Rudi go up?

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

(see the answer key)

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