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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Winter explain that they should approach the mountain as a group?
(a) As friends, and bury the hatchet of hatred between the two villages.
(b) As equals, people that want to climb the Citadel together.
(c) As human beings, not people from different towns or nations.
(d) As rivals, and compete for the prize that is the top of the mountain.

2. Where did Rudi realize he was?
(a) On the Citadel's Fortress.
(b) Far away from home.
(c) In the same cave in which his father and Sir Stephenson had died.
(d) Too far away from the ground.

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

4. 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 found the way past the Fortress.
(d) He had the faith of the group on his shoulders.

5. 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 kept Rudi from pursuing his dreams all this time.
(c) She had reacted without thinking of her son's wishes.
(d) For worrying about Rudi when truly he is a capable climber.

6. Why did Saxo become sullen?
(a) Winter trusted Franz over Saxo.
(b) Winter used Rudi's route instead of his.
(c) Winter trusted Rudi over Saxo.
(d) Rudi was leading instead of him.

7. What made Franz angry?
(a) The fact that Rudi had continued on without letting him know.
(b) The thought of Saxo.
(c) That Saxo had abandoned his Herr.
(d) That Rudi had abandoned Winter and Franz.

8. Who stands up for Rudi and prevents Franz from taking him down the mountain?
(a) Captain Winter.
(b) Saxo.
(c) Klaus Wesselhoft.
(d) Teo.

9. How did Rudi's mountaineer instinct come into play?
(a) He anchored himself and refused to let the avalanche take him.
(b) He swam through the snow.
(c) He put his arm over his face giving himself breathing room.
(d) He maintained his hold on the rope that was lashed to the other two climbers.

10. What was the first "key" to the mountain?
(a) The Fortress.
(b) The peak.
(c) The crossing of the snow bridge.
(d) The shoulder.

11. What did Rudi still have in his hands?
(a) Balls of snow.
(b) The rope.
(c) His crampons.
(d) The ax.

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

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

14. About how many feet were above Rudi?
(a) Almost two thousand.
(b) Almost three thousand.
(c) Almost twenty two hundred.
(d) Almost one thousand.

15. Why didn't Rudi continue down the hillside?
(a) He knew Franz would be wroth if he didn't.
(b) He thought that his mother would be too worried.
(c) He wanted to climb the peak in the morning.
(d) He kept slipping on the snow-covered rocks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why couldn't Winter continue up the mountain?

3. When did Rudi finally allow himself to collapse?

4. What was the rumbling that Rudi heard?

5. What had changed about the night?

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