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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 done before by his father.
(c) It had been clearly mapped out.
(d) Saxo's mean words and the fact that he thought Kurtalers wouldn't climb.

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. For what was Frau Matt's prayer of thankfulness?
(a) Her brother's mountaineering spirit.
(b) Her son's safety.
(c) Her son's courage.
(d) Her brother's strong will.

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

9. What does Winter tell Rudi to do that scares him?
(a) That they are climbing the Citadel today.
(b) Go down to Kurtal and convince his uncle to come up.
(c) That they have twenty-four hours to get up and down the mountain.
(d) That Winter might not go on the hike at all due to his condition.

10. Why did Frau Matt consider herself in the wrong?
(a) For pushing the townsfolk to lie to cover up Rudi's whereabouts.
(b) She had reacted without thinking of her son's wishes.
(c) She had kept Rudi from pursuing his dreams all this time.
(d) For worrying about Rudi when truly he is a capable climber.

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

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

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

14. Why was Rudi frustrated and shamed when he came to the crack?
(a) It was the first time in which he had needed assistance from the others.
(b) He had dangled.
(c) He was hauled up like a bundle of firewood.
(d) He had slipped and fallen.

15. What warmed Rudi more than either tent or blanket?
(a) The group trusted Rudi.
(b) The fact that he had gotten lead.
(c) His uncle's presence.
(d) Rudi was actually on the mountain he'd dreamed of as a kid.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Rudi finally allow himself to collapse?

2. What made Rudi happy?

3. How long would Rudi give himself to go up?

4. Who was the first person to speak once the impact of what Rudi had said sunk in?

5. What must always come first in any situation?

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