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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 had disappeared with Rudi's fear?
(a) The need to run away.
(b) The terror.
(c) The specter.
(d) The feeling of being alone.

2. Why did Saxo say he was climbing the Citadel?
(a) For the glory of himself and Broli.
(b) For all the climbers that had perished before him.
(c) For Winter.
(d) For his wife.

3. Who stands up for Rudi and prevents Franz from taking him down the mountain?
(a) Saxo.
(b) Teo.
(c) Klaus Wesselhoft.
(d) Captain Winter.

4. What was the rumbling that Rudi heard?
(a) An avalanche to the side of him.
(b) A rockslide below him.
(c) Thunder.
(d) A rockslide above him.

5. How did Rudi know which route to follow?
(a) They had marked out their route before.
(b) The marks of their boot nails were still visible.
(c) He didn't follow their original route, but his own.
(d) He had memorized his footing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dismayed Rudi?

2. What did Rudi still have in his hands?

3. Why didn't Rudi yodel when he had gotten to where he stood?

4. What did Rudi see on the cliff above?

5. Where had Winter been hurt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Saxo want to climb with Franz?

2. What can the chapter title refer to if it is used as a metaphor?

3. In what ways did Rudi's vanquishing of fear change his perspective?

4. In which way did Rudi earn his uncle's admiration?

5. What made Rudi's actions regarding Saxo's rescue all the more selfless?

6. Before Franz hears from Winter in regards to Rudi's climbing ability, how does he feel?

7. Why was Rudi so tired?

8. Why was Frau Matt not upset with Paul Tauglich?

9. How would the group had been defeated if not for Rudi?

10. What is the difference between the two guides as illustrated in this chapter?

(see the answer keys)

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