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

2. Why does Rudi think he can make it through the eye of the needle?
(a) He had the faith of the group on his shoulders.
(b) He found the way past the Fortress.
(c) He had become a good climber.
(d) He is smaller.

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

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

5. What country did Rudi guess the man was from?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) America.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Teo tell the waitress?

2. Who is the "madman" that Franz is referring to?

3. What did Rudi know more of than any other guide in Kurtal?

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

5. How long would Rudi give himself to go up?

(see the answer key)

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