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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the group take with them?
(a) Extra sweaters.
(b) Cheese, sausage and chocolate.
(c) All their gear.
(d) Their packs.

2. How far beneath the Hut was the town of Kurtal?
(a) Four thousand feet.
(b) Three thousand feet.
(c) Six thousand feet.
(d) Five thousand feet.

3. In what year does this story take place?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1885.

4. What spanned the crevasse at the center?
(a) An ice bridge.
(b) A rope bridge.
(c) A snow bridge.
(d) A timber bridge.

5. What is the first thing Rudi tied to the staff?
(a) His jacket.
(b) His backpack.
(c) His shirt.
(d) His pants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Rudi struggling under his burdens?

2. Why was Rudi to be ashamed of the mistake he made?

3. What other village bordered the Citadel?

4. How long has the person been in the crevasse?

5. How did Rudi react to Captain Winters' story of his rescue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Teo refer to Rudi as the only real climber in all of Kurtal?

2. How did Rudi save Mr. Winter?

3. Why was it dangerous to travel up the slope in the sun?

4. What was it that Winter said that left Rudi spellbound?

5. In what ways was Rudi's build different from that of most boys of the village?

6. What did the man in the cabin look like?

7. What did Rudi vow to do every time Franz came back, and why didn't he do it?

8. Why did the people of Kurtal fear the Citadel?

9. Why did Teo lie to Franz and Gretchen?

10. What things do Franz and Rudi's mother say to try and show the boy the sense in a career in a hotel?

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