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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 was the peak of the Citadel hidden behind?
(a) The shoulder of the Wunderhorn.
(b) A large cloud.
(c) The peak of the Wunderhorn.
(d) A dense layer of mist.

2. What did Rudi know more of than any other guide in Kurtal?
(a) Hotel dishwashing.
(b) How to climb without being seen.
(c) The approaches to the Citadel.
(d) How to mountain climb.

3. What did Teo tell the waitress?
(a) That Rudi was a good boy.
(b) That Rudi was good for nothing in the kitchen.
(c) That Rudi had gone to see his ailing mother.
(d) That Rudi was out on an errand.

4. What was the proprietor of the moving shadow?
(a) A foraging dog.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A homeless person.
(d) A tourist couple.

5. Where was the voice coming from?
(a) Inside a crevasse.
(b) Behind him from the path.
(c) One of the mountain slopes.
(d) Behind him from the valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is Rudi supposed to meet Teo?

2. Why doesn't Franz think that Rudi can be a porter?

3. Who would substitute for Rudi at the hotel?

4. What mountain did Rudy long to climb?

5. How many mountains did Franz climb in one week?

Short Essay Questions

1. How could Captain Winter easily die if Franz lost his footing?

2. What does Teo mean when he says "you cannot bottle the wind"?

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

4. How did Teo act as an experienced climber?

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

6. Why did Teo lie to Franz and Gretchen?

7. Why does Teo raising his glass to Saxo anger all in the tavern?

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

9. What did Franz do to discourage climbing of the Citadel to Mr. Winter?

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

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