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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What approximate time was it when the group had moved past the Needle?
(a) Early afternoon.
(b) Late evening.
(c) Mid-afternoon.
(d) Early evening.

2. How many men were to remain behind?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. Who was it that brought Rudi's belongings further?
(a) Saxo.
(b) Franz.
(c) Winter.
(d) Rudi.

4. What made Rudi not want to go back to Kurtal?
(a) His uncles' anger and his mother's tears.
(b) The mocking laughter of Klaus Weisselhoft.
(c) The dirty dishes at the Beau Site Hotel.
(d) All of these.

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

6. Why did Saxo say he was climbing the Citadel?
(a) For his wife.
(b) For Winter.
(c) For the glory of himself and Broli.
(d) For all the climbers that had perished before him.

7. How did Rudi's uncle respond to him threading the needle?
(a) He told him he would never again use another porter.
(b) He was aloof.
(c) He was full of praise for him.
(d) He held him tight.

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

9. What had awakened Rudi?
(a) A scream.
(b) The wailing wind.
(c) The dream.
(d) A sound.

10. What part of Rudi's body got stuck?
(a) His shoulders.
(b) His arms.
(c) His hips.
(d) His head.

11. Why did Saxo think that Josef and Stephenson couldn't find the way up the eastern face?
(a) They didn't look hard enough, or perhaps not have the skill.
(b) The weather might not have been as good.
(c) Stephenson was injured, and therefore they had to find a route to suit him.
(d) The Kurtal guide wasn't as skilled as a guide from Broli.

12. What had changed about the night?
(a) It had gotten clearer.
(b) It had gotten warmer.
(c) It had gotten colder.
(d) The stars had come out.

13. Why did Rudi believe that Winter would make it?
(a) Winter had united two warring provincial towns.
(b) Winter was the epitome of a decent man.
(c) He of them all deserved the most to make it.
(d) It had been Winter's dream to climb the Citadel before all of them.

14. What resolve deepened in Rudi?
(a) To never slip.
(b) Not to fail them or betray their trust.
(c) To be loyal to the Herr.
(d) To make his father proud.

15. Why does Rudi think he can make it through the eye of the needle?
(a) He had become a good climber.
(b) He is smaller.
(c) He had the faith of the group on his shoulders.
(d) He found the way past the Fortress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Rudi continue down the hillside?

2. Why did Frau Matt consider herself in the wrong?

3. What had unnerved Rudi?

4. What did Rudi see on the cliff above?

5. What did Rudi still have in his hands?

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