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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. How did Rudi react to Captain Winters' story of his rescue?
(a) He was embarrassed.
(b) He was pleading.
(c) He was defiant.
(d) He was distraught.

2. To what stone did Rudi compare the man?
(a) Cement.
(b) Granite.
(c) Lead.
(d) Marble.

3. What sound did Rudi make?
(a) A click of the lock being engaged.
(b) He dropped a boot.
(c) A hissing of striking a match.
(d) A creak of a plank underfoot.

4. What had there never been in Kurtal?
(a) A crime.
(b) A robbery.
(c) A man as foolhardy as Captain Winter.
(d) A burglary.

5. Where was Josef Matt's shirt found?
(a) On himself.
(b) On the top of the Citadel.
(c) Flying like a pennant from a stick.
(d) On Stephenson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people could stay in the Blausee Hut?

2. What do the guides believe will destroy the Englishman and the guide from Broli?

3. What did Teo tell the waitress?

4. What did Rudi strike a second match for?

5. Who does Teo first raise his beer to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is it obvious that Teo supports Rudi in climbing?

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

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

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

5. How were Franz and Captain Winter different as climbers?

6. Why was Franz looking at Rudi as though he had never seen him before?

7. Why did Rudi have to keep to the shadows while playing hooky from work?

8. Why was Rudi concerned about his boots?

9. Why was the Edelweiss a favorite location of the guides and their porters in Kurtal?

10. Why did Teo lie to Franz and Gretchen?

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