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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 does Winter tell Rudi to do that scares him?
(a) That Winter might not go on the hike at all due to his condition.
(b) Go down to Kurtal and convince his uncle to come up.
(c) That they have twenty-four hours to get up and down the mountain.
(d) That they are climbing the Citadel today.

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

3. What dismayed Rudi?
(a) He thought Saxo had already reached the summit.
(b) He knew the others would be up and knew what he was doing.
(c) He could only move at such a pace and not beyond it.
(d) Time and space had lost meaning.

4. What was the main reason that Saxo gave that he wouldn't climb with Franz?
(a) "A Kurtaler is too good to climb with a man of Broli".
(b) " A man of Broli does not climb with a Kurtaler".
(c) "A man of Broli is better than a Kurtaler".
(d) "A man of Broli is more skilled than a Kurtaler".

5. Why did Rudi believe that Winter would make it?
(a) Winter was the epitome of a decent man.
(b) Winter had united two warring provincial towns.
(c) He of them all deserved the most to make it.
(d) It had been Winter's dream to climb the Citadel before all of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men were to remain behind?

2. What did Rudi see on the cliff above?

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

4. What thought caused the specter to leave?

5. What honor was bestowed upon Rudi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did the stillness affect Rudi?

7. What kinds of things had changed since Rudi had nodded off?

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

9. How did Winter's rationalization make sense to Franz?

10. How did Winter keep peace between the two rival guides?

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