2. Why couldn't Winter continue up the mountain?
(a) He had fallen and was in pain.
(b) His feet hurt.
(c) He was too tired.
(d) He was struck with paroxysms of coughing.

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

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

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

6. What did Rudi compare Saxo to in his injury?
(a) A fallen giant.
(b) A greenhorn.
(c) A caged animal.
(d) A wounded beast.

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

8. Why wouldn't Franz continue to the top of the mountain, despite Winter insisting he do so?
(a) Winter insisted he stay.
(b) Rudi wasn't fit to travel.
(c) Rudi had gotten hurt climbing through the Needle.
(d) A guide of Kurtal does not leave his Herr on the mountain.

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

10. What was the main reason that Saxo gave that he wouldn't climb with Franz?
(a) " A man of Broli does not climb with a Kurtaler".
(b) "A man of Broli is better than a Kurtaler".
(c) "A Kurtaler is too good to climb with a man of Broli".
(d) "A man of Broli is more skilled than a Kurtaler".

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

12. When did Rudi finally allow himself to collapse?
(a) When he had gotten Saxo to the Fortress.
(b) When he had summoned Franz and Winter.
(c) When he had gotten Saxo to the tents.
(d) When he had gotten Saxo to the bottom of the mountain.

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

14. Why didn't Rudi cry out?
(a) He felt that he would look wimpy to Saxo and Winter if he were to call out.
(b) He worried that his voice could trigger a fresh avalanche.
(c) He didn't think the other two people in his party would be alive to hear him.
(d) He knew his strongest effort on the surface would be little more than a whisper.

15. Who was the first person to speak once the impact of what Rudi had said sunk in?
(a) Teo.
(b) Franz.
(c) Saxo.
(d) Captain Winter.