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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must always come first in any situation?
(a) The maintenance of group responsibility.
(b) The responsibility of a porter to the guide.
(c) The injuries of a person in trouble.
(d) The help of another climber.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What honor was bestowed upon Rudi?
(a) He was allowed one full tent on his own.
(b) He was allowed to decide the route.
(c) The privilege of discussing the route with them.
(d) The lead position.

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

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

13. What made Rudi happy?
(a) He was higher than any person had ever been before on the Citadel.
(b) He had proved his father was right.
(c) There was a straight forward route past the Fortress and beyond.
(d) All of these.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was not going on worst for Rudi?

2. What dismayed Rudi?

3. Why didn't Rudi yodel when he had gotten to where he stood?

4. What motivated Rudi to go on?

5. What does Winter tell Rudi to do that scares him?

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