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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. With what does Teo fill the pack he gives to Rudi?
(a) Supplies.
(b) Stones.
(c) His own weight.
(d) Dishes.

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

5. What was the difference in climbing the snow slope and climbing the ice?
(a) The snow slope was less dangerous.
(b) There was no sound on the snow slope.
(c) The snow slope was colder.
(d) The snow slope was more treacherous.

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

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

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

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

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

11. For what reason did Rudi reclaim his stick?
(a) To use for walking.
(b) To place the shirt upon the top of the mountain.
(c) To "persuade" Winter to let him go with them.
(d) To use to climb the ice.

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

13. What does Teo say abut Rudi?
(a) All of these.
(b) That he knows where he ought to be.
(c) That he is the son of his father.
(d) That he is the only true mountain man in Kurtal.

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

15. Why does Winter volunteer to go after Rudi?
(a) He is lighter.
(b) He had given Rudi the gear.
(c) He is more able.
(d) He encouraged Franz to let him go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rudi place the staff?

2. Who would substitute for Rudi at the hotel?

3. What did the group take with them?

4. Who is the "madman" that Franz is referring to?

5. How old was Teo?

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