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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. Who was waiting in the hut when Rudi entered?
(a) Franz.
(b) His mother.
(c) Emil Saxo.
(d) Captain Winter.

2. What had changed in Rudi's lifetime?
(a) The village had become a tourist attraction.
(b) Rudi had promised he would never climb the Citadel.
(c) Rudi's father had died.
(d) The Citadel had been climbed.

3. Who would substitute for Rudi at the hotel?
(a) Toni Hassler.
(b) Franz Lerner.
(c) Digal Hassler.
(d) Herr Hemit.

4. What other village bordered the Citadel?
(a) Bruli.
(b) Busli.
(c) Buli.
(d) Broli.

5. What was the difference in climbing the snow slope and climbing the ice?
(a) There was no sound on the snow slope.
(b) The snow slope was less dangerous.
(c) The snow slope was more treacherous.
(d) The snow slope was colder.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of tree was Rudi's staff hidden?

2. Approximately how high is the top of the Wunderhorn?

3. Until what time did Rudi wait in bed?

4. What was the greatest sin a mountaineer can commit?

5. What was the man's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Rudi concerned about his boots?

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

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

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

5. Who was Mr. Winter?

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

7. How did Franz find out where Rudi was?

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

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

10. What information did Franz share with Ilse that was of particular interest to Rudi, and why was it so?

(see the answer keys)

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