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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 often happens in the high mountains?
(a) The ice becomes more treacherous at dawn.
(b) The ice starts to melt at dawn.
(c) Dawn doesn't bring warmth but increased cold.
(d) Dawn brings warmth.

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

3. How did the man fall in the crevasse?
(a) The ground had given way beneath him.
(b) He had jumped in a suicide attempt.
(c) The snow had covered the crevasse.
(d) He was too busy looking at the mountain to watch where he was going.

4. What in the rock glittered like diamonds?
(a) Hematite.
(b) Mica.
(c) Quartz.
(d) Gold.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the last person that Teo raises his glass to?

2. What did Rudi know more of than any other guide in Kurtal?

3. What is the name of the barmaid?

4. What was the peak of the Citadel hidden behind?

5. What did Captain Winter remind Rudi of when he was climbing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How was the alternating of the lead role the greatest compliment a guide could give his employer?

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

7. What did Rudi's uncle's face tell him, and how did this make Rudi feel?

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

9. Why did Rudi's father wear a red shirt every day he climbed?

10. Why was Rudi concerned about his boots?

(see the answer keys)

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