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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, A Prisoner Escapes.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Rudi want Winter speaking of his rescue?
(a) He doesn't want to worry his mother.
(b) He doesn't want the attention from the townsfolk.
(c) His mother and uncle will hear and he'll get in trouble.
(d) He is shy.

3. Why was Rudi struggling under his burdens?
(a) He was weak.
(b) It had gotten warmer.
(c) They were too heavy.
(d) He was carrying the heaviest load.

4. Why didn't Rudi's mother cry and cling to him?
(a) She wanted to treat him like a man, not as a boy.
(b) She wouldn't display that kind of emotion.
(c) It is what she had done with his father, and he had never come home.
(d) She didn't want to embarrass him.

5. How far beneath the Hut was the town of Kurtal?
(a) Four thousand feet.
(b) Six thousand feet.
(c) Three thousand feet.
(d) Five thousand feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were tourists called?

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

3. Who would substitute for Rudi at the hotel?

4. How old was Rudi's mother when Josef died?

5. How many days did it take the rescue party to make it to Josef Matt?

(see the answer key)

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