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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, The Heights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lie does Rudi tell Winter?
(a) He was allowed to go and make the ascent of the Citadel.
(b) He wasn't in trouble and his uncle was letting him be a porter.
(c) His uncle wanted him to go in his stead.
(d) He had no fear of the ascent.

2. How long had the Citadel been left alone?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Eighteen years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Fourteen years.

3. How does Winter explain that they should approach the mountain as a group?
(a) As equals, people that want to climb the Citadel together.
(b) As rivals, and compete for the prize that is the top of the mountain.
(c) As human beings, not people from different towns or nations.
(d) As friends, and bury the hatchet of hatred between the two villages.

4. Why was not going on worst for Rudi?
(a) Winter would have wanted him to do it.
(b) He had insisted he go.
(c) His uncle was preventing him from going up.
(d) He was both able and willing to do so.

5. How long did it take Rudi to reach the top of the bergschrund?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Forty minutes.
(c) An hour.
(d) A half hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mountain was used as a "practice mountain" by guides and visiting climbers?

2. Who was it that brought Rudi's belongings further?

3. What approximate time was it when the group had moved past the Needle?

4. What wasn't on the menu of the climbers?

5. Why did Saxo say he was climbing the Citadel?

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