2. What had changed in Winter's appearance?
(a) His cheeks had regained their color.
(b) His eyes had become brighter.
(c) His cheeks were less sunken.
(d) His eyes appeared less tired.

3. Why didn't Rudi yodel when he had gotten to where he stood?
(a) He didn't want Franz to hear him.
(b) It would have been blasphemy.
(c) It wouldn't have satisfied him.
(d) He wouldn't have honored his fathers memory,

4. What wasn't on the menu of the climbers?
(a) Bread.
(b) Dried meat.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Cheese.

5. Although Winter wasn't in as good of health, what did Rudi see was untempered?
(a) His ambition.
(b) His strong will.
(c) His spirit.
(d) His health.

6. How was Rudi encouraged when he thought it was impossible to go any further?
(a) Saxo's mean words and the fact that he thought Kurtalers wouldn't climb.
(b) Winter's wise words, and his support of Rudi's climbing.
(c) It had been done before by his father.
(d) It had been clearly mapped out.

7. Who convinces Franz to climb the Citadel?
(a) The other guides of Kurtal.
(b) Teo.
(c) Captain Winter.
(d) Rudi.

8. What had disappeared with Rudi's fear?
(a) The terror.
(b) The specter.
(c) The feeling of being alone.
(d) The need to run away.

9. What did Rudi see on the cliff above?
(a) A chamois.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A seagull.
(d) A mountain goat.

10. How long did it take Rudi to reach the top of the bergschrund?
(a) A half hour.
(b) An hour.
(c) Forty minutes.
(d) Two hours.

11. What motivated Rudi to go on?
(a) The fact that he had to.
(b) He was his fathers' son.
(c) Franz was on his way to the top.
(d) He knew that he must help Saxo.

12. Why does Saxo think that so many people have come to the hut?
(a) To keep them from climbing the mountain.
(b) To hurt them so they can't go up the mountain.
(c) To plot against them.
(d) To create a situation in which no one goes up the mountain.

13. Why hadn't Rudi turned around when he knew he needed to?
(a) He wasn't looking forward to his uncles' wrath.
(b) He didn't want to explain to Klaus why he'd turned around.
(c) The magic of the mountain drew him on.
(d) He didn't want to tell Winter why he hadn't gone down to Kurtal.

14. What dismayed Rudi?
(a) He thought Saxo had already reached the summit.
(b) He knew the others would be up and knew what he was doing.
(c) Time and space had lost meaning.
(d) He could only move at such a pace and not beyond it.

15. What was the rumbling that Rudi heard?
(a) Thunder.
(b) A rockslide below him.
(c) An avalanche to the side of him.
(d) A rockslide above him.