3. Which ridge does Rudi think is the only passable one?
(a) The east face.
(b) The southeast ridge.
(c) The north face.
(d) The northeast ridge.

4. How did Rudi move?
(a) Like an invalid.
(b) Like a sleepwalker.
(c) As though his heart were gone from him.
(d) Like a ghost.

5. What gave Rudi such hope?
(a) The chance to atone for the Wunderhorn fiasco.
(b) The chance to tell Franz what happened.
(c) The return of Captain Winter.
(d) Teo telling his uncle what happened.

6. How many days did it rain?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

7. What color did Rudy want his face to be?
(a) Beige.
(b) Tanned.
(c) Brown and tough, weather-stained.
(d) White.

8. Who was waiting in the hut when Rudi entered?
(a) Franz.
(b) Emil Saxo.
(c) His mother.
(d) Captain Winter.

9. What other village bordered the Citadel?
(a) Bruli.
(b) Buli.
(c) Busli.
(d) Broli.

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

11. What didn't Franz bring out for lunch?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Apples.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Tea.

12. What was the greatest sin a mountaineer can commit?
(a) Making the employer risk his life to save his.
(b) Making others risk their lives to save his.
(c) Scouting ahead without telling anyone where he was going.
(d) Falling.

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

14. What did the Citadel make all the other mountains around it look like?
(a) Molehills.
(b) Practice mountains.
(c) Baby hills.
(d) Foothills.

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