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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Teo get injured?
(a) He made a mistake like Rudi.
(b) He jeopardized his life.
(c) He fell in the darkness.
(d) He sacrificed himself for the good of the employer.

3. Why doesn't Franz think that Rudi can be a porter?
(a) He is accident prone.
(b) He is careless.
(c) He is too small.
(d) He's too small and irresponsible.

4. How did the man fall in the crevasse?
(a) The ground had given way beneath him.
(b) He had jumped in a suicide attempt.
(c) He was too busy looking at the mountain to watch where he was going.
(d) The snow had covered the crevasse.

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

6. What guide does Mr. Winter hope to hire from Broli?
(a) Emil Saxo.
(b) Rudi.
(c) Emil Lerner.
(d) Franz Lerner.

7. What often happens in the high mountains?
(a) The ice starts to melt at dawn.
(b) The ice becomes more treacherous at dawn.
(c) Dawn brings warmth.
(d) Dawn doesn't bring warmth but increased cold.

8. What was the favorite resort of the guides of Kurtal?
(a) The Edellweiss pub.
(b) The Edweiss pub.
(c) The Edenweiss pub.
(d) The Edelweiss pub.

9. 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.

10. What spanned the crevasse at the center?
(a) An ice bridge.
(b) A rope bridge.
(c) A timber bridge.
(d) A snow bridge.

11. How did Rudi react to Captain Winters' story of his rescue?
(a) He was embarrassed.
(b) He was defiant.
(c) He was distraught.
(d) He was pleading.

12. What is the first thing Rudi tied to the staff?
(a) His jacket.
(b) His pants.
(c) His backpack.
(d) His shirt.

13. What did the person in the crevasse lose when he fell?
(a) axe.
(b) rope.
(c) spiked boots.
(d) pick.

14. Why was Rudi to be ashamed of the mistake he made?
(a) He wasn't thinking of others, but of himself.
(b) He made a stupid mistake.
(c) He jeopardized the employer.
(d) He didn't place value on his life.

15. Who saw the three climb up the icefall?
(a) Teo.
(b) Frau Matt.
(c) The hotel owner.
(d) Franz.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Teo fill the pack he gives to Rudi?

2. What was the proprietor of the moving shadow?

3. Who was waiting in the hut when Rudi entered?

4. How far beneath the Hut was the town of Kurtal?

5. What did Teo say in regard to Rudi's climb with him?

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