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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Needle's Eye.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Captain Winter remind Rudi of when he was climbing?
(a) A jousting warrior.
(b) A mountain lion.
(c) A cat.
(d) A man struggling with inanimate rock.

2. What didn't Franz bring out for lunch?
(a) Tea.
(b) Apples.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Cheese.

3. Approximately how high is the top of the Wunderhorn?
(a) Eleven thousand feet.
(b) Thirteen thousand feet.
(c) Twelve thousand feet.
(d) Ten thousand feet.

4. What made Rudi not want to go back to Kurtal?
(a) His uncles' anger and his mother's tears.
(b) The dirty dishes at the Beau Site Hotel.
(c) All of these.
(d) The mocking laughter of Klaus Weisselhoft.

5. Why are Saxo and Winter headed back to Broli?
(a) To get supplies.
(b) To finish writing his will.
(c) To make a call to his wife.
(d) To get a tent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point of the Citadel was the highest point reached before?

2. Why did Saxo think that Josef and Stephenson couldn't find the way up the eastern face?

3. What did Rudi still have in his hands?

4. Why does Winter volunteer to go after Rudi?

5. What was the greatest sin a mountaineer can commit?

(see the answer key)

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