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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Winter and Saxo spend the first hour in the hut doing?
(a) Dusting off the shelves.
(b) Setting up camp.
(c) Replacing the moldy hay.
(d) Clearing out the cobwebs.

4. Why couldn't Winter and the group climb the rocks?
(a) The rocks looked loose and like they might give way.
(b) There was no acceptable purchase for feet and hands.
(c) The snow looked more inviting.
(d) They were too steep.

5. What do the guides believe will destroy the Englishman and the guide from Broli?
(a) The demons of the Citadel.
(b) The treacherous climb.
(c) Their audacity.
(d) The ghosts of Rudi's father and his Herr.

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

7. Why didn't Saxo want Rudi coming along?
(a) He thought Winter would favor him.
(b) He thought he would slow them down.
(c) He didn't want to be responsible for the boy.
(d) He saw Rudi as a child.

8. Where was Josef Matt's shirt found?
(a) On Stephenson.
(b) Flying like a pennant from a stick.
(c) On himself.
(d) On the top of the Citadel.

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

10. Which glacier did Rudi go up?
(a) Grey.
(b) Brolin.
(c) Blue.
(d) Dornel.

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

12. What had Rudi's tormentor seen?
(a) Rudi in all his glory setting out as a porter.
(b) Rudi looking like a man.
(c) Rudi achieving something.
(d) The praise Winter lavished on him.

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

14. What was Teo's last hike?
(a) Up the Rotalp.
(b) Up the Citadel.
(c) Up the Wunderhorn.
(d) Up the Monte Rosa.

15. What would Rudi have been glad to do?
(a) Show Emil what Josef Matt's son was capable of.
(b) Climb the Citadel.
(c) Take the lead.
(d) Tell his uncle he climbed the Citadel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What didn't Rudi take from the cupboard?

2. What was the greatest sin a mountaineer can commit?

3. How old was Teo?

4. How did Teo get injured?

5. Why didn't Rudi get his staff?

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