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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 color did Rudy want his face to be?
(a) White.
(b) Brown and tough, weather-stained.
(c) Tanned.
(d) Beige.

2. Who saw the three climb up the icefall?
(a) Frau Matt.
(b) Teo.
(c) The hotel owner.
(d) Franz.

3. What was the favorite resort of the guides of Kurtal?
(a) The Edenweiss pub.
(b) The Edelweiss pub.
(c) The Edellweiss pub.
(d) The Edweiss pub.

4. In what kind of tree was Rudi's staff hidden?
(a) A blue spruce.
(b) An lodge-pole pine.
(c) A fir.
(d) A cedar.

5. What did Teo say in regard to Rudi's climb with him?
(a) Not bad at all.
(b) Really good.
(c) Great.
(d) Horrible.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Rudi's mother when Josef died?

3. Which ridge does Rudi think is the only passable one?

4. Why couldn't Winter and the group climb the rocks?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it unimportant that Rudi made the climb on his own?

2. What things made Rudi feel like a "man among men"?

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

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

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

6. What was Rudi's fear when he had heard the voice?

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

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

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?

(see the answer keys)

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