3. What was the highest honor a man could obtain?
(a) To be a member of the Company of Guides of Kurtal.
(b) To be of service to a man in trouble.
(c) To lead the tourists up the mountain.
(d) To maintain a steady job.

4. How old was Rudi's mother when Josef died?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Twenty-three.

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

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

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

8. What job does Teo do?
(a) Dishwasher.
(b) Manservant.
(c) Porter.
(d) Cook.

9. How does Franz comfort Frau Matt?
(a) He tells her Rudi has only gone to the glaciers.
(b) He explains that Winter is the best climber he has ever seen.
(c) He says that Rudi is a good climber and can do it.
(d) He explains that he will bring Rudi back.

10. What were tourists called?
(a) Outlanders.
(b) Tourista.
(c) Ausslander.
(d) Auslander.

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

12. What point of the Citadel was the highest point reached before?
(a) The Peak.
(b) The Keep.
(c) The Battlement.
(d) The Fortress.

13. What did Rudi strike a second match for?
(a) To see his father's name.
(b) To see the path.
(c) To write his mother a note.
(d) To see if Franz was still sleeping.

14. How far down does the person guess he is?
(a) About twenty feet.
(b) About ten feet.
(c) About thirty feet.
(d) They are barely conscious, and are dazed.

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