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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 unnerved Rudi?
(a) The hight at which he stood.
(b) The stillness of the mountain and all that surrounded him.
(c) He saw his father's ghost.
(d) The fact that he was higher than anyone had been since his father had stood there.

2. What approximate time was it when the group had moved past the Needle?
(a) Mid-afternoon.
(b) Late evening.
(c) Early afternoon.
(d) Early evening.

3. Why didn't Rudi continue down the hillside?
(a) He kept slipping on the snow-covered rocks.
(b) He wanted to climb the peak in the morning.
(c) He knew Franz would be wroth if he didn't.
(d) He thought that his mother would be too worried.

4. Who was the first person to speak once the impact of what Rudi had said sunk in?
(a) Saxo.
(b) Teo.
(c) Captain Winter.
(d) Franz.

5. Why didn't Rudi cry out?
(a) He didn't think the other two people in his party would be alive to hear him.
(b) He knew his strongest effort on the surface would be little more than a whisper.
(c) He felt that he would look wimpy to Saxo and Winter if he were to call out.
(d) He worried that his voice could trigger a fresh avalanche.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rudi keep near when he had approached the area in which the avalanche had occurred the day before?

2. How long would Rudi give himself to go up?

3. Who convinces Franz to climb the Citadel?

4. Who was it that brought Rudi's belongings further?

5. What had changed about the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rudi's second major contribution to this hike, and how was it different from his attempted contribution before?

2. How did the stillness affect Rudi?

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

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

5. What was the reason that Rudi couldn't come with Saxo and Winter to Broli?

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

7. Why didn't Rudi turn around when he knew he had to go back or be caught in darkness?

8. In what ways did the Englishman not look so good?

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

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

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