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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. With what does Teo fill the pack he gives to Rudi?
(a) Dishes.
(b) Stones.
(c) His own weight.
(d) Supplies.

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

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. How did Rudi's mountaineer instinct come into play?
(a) He swam through the snow.
(b) He put his arm over his face giving himself breathing room.
(c) He maintained his hold on the rope that was lashed to the other two climbers.
(d) He anchored himself and refused to let the avalanche take him.

5. What had disappeared with Rudi's fear?
(a) The feeling of being alone.
(b) The need to run away.
(c) The specter.
(d) The terror.

Short Answer Questions

1. What warmed Rudi more than either tent or blanket?

2. What suggested that Franz and the group would be the only ones on the Wunderhorn that day?

3. What time is Rudi supposed to meet Teo?

4. What was the first "key" to the mountain?

5. What would Rudi have been glad to do?

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