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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had there never been in Kurtal?
(a) A crime.
(b) A robbery.
(c) A man as foolhardy as Captain Winter.
(d) A burglary.

2. How many mountains did Franz climb in one week?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. What was the proprietor of the moving shadow?
(a) A tourist couple.
(b) A foraging dog.
(c) A homeless person.
(d) A wolf.

4. What didn't Captain Winter buy for Rudi?
(a) Boots.
(b) A knapsack.
(c) Rope.
(d) An ice ax.

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

6. What mountain did Rudy long to climb?
(a) The Monte Rosa.
(b) The Citadel.
(c) The Wunderhorn.
(d) The Rotalp.

7. Why didn't Rudi's father leave the Citadel?
(a) He was hurt.
(b) He couldn't find his way.
(c) Sir Stephenson begged him not to go.
(d) He wouldn't leave his client.

8. What was the only sound?
(a) A frog.
(b) His boots on the gravel.
(c) A cricket chirping.
(d) His boots on the hard-packed earth.

9. What reward does Winter suggest that Rudi should get from them?
(a) They shouldn't be angry with him.
(b) They should let him be a porter.
(c) He should not be punished.
(d) They should let him come as porter on the Wunderhorn.

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

11. How many people could stay in the Blausee Hut?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) Ten.

12. What happened to Rudi?
(a) He slipped and fell.
(b) His eyes closed without them meaning to.
(c) He hurt himself.
(d) He triggered an avalanche.

13. Who does Teo first raise his beer to?
(a) Franz.
(b) Captain Winter.
(c) Rudi.
(d) Emil Saxo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teo say abut Rudi?

2. What did Rudi strike a second match for?

3. What had happened when they had reached the snow slope?

4. Why didn't Saxo want Rudi coming along?

5. Where did Rudi place the staff?

(see the answer keys)

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