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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Teo?

2. What does Captain Winter say that Rudi deserves?

3. What do the guides believe will destroy the Englishman and the guide from Broli?

4. Who is the "madman" that Franz is referring to?

5. What often happens in the high mountains?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Rudi vow to do every time Franz came back, and why didn't he do it?

2. How were Franz and Captain Winter different as climbers?

3. How is it obvious that Teo supports Rudi in climbing?

4. Why does Teo refer to Rudi as the only real climber in all of Kurtal?

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

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

7. How did Franz find out where Rudi was?

8. Why didn't Josef Matt climb down the mountain with Teo?

9. What information did Franz share with Ilse that was of particular interest to Rudi, and why was it so?

10. Why did Teo lie to Franz and Gretchen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the statement Teo makes, "You cannot bottle the wind." To what is he referring? What literary device is this? What does Teo do in this chapter, and how is it beneficial to Rudi?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the personification of the hazards of the mountain. How did this propagate the fear of the villagers? If to take this into consideration, are the villagers narrow minded? Explain your answer. What emotion finally got the rest of the Kurtalers up the mountain?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the differences in Frau Matt's behavior in the beginning of the novel and towards the end. What do you think was the impetus to change this opinion? What changes did Frau Matt make in her behavior due to a lack of choice? What behaviors were changed because she wanted to change them?

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