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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Darkness and Dawn.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Winter volunteer to go after Rudi?
(a) He had given Rudi the gear.
(b) He encouraged Franz to let him go.
(c) He is lighter.
(d) He is more able.

3. How old was Rudi's mother when Josef died?
(a) Twenty-three.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Twenty.

4. What was the proprietor of the moving shadow?
(a) A foraging dog.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A homeless person.
(d) A tourist couple.

5. How did the man fall in the crevasse?
(a) He had jumped in a suicide attempt.
(b) The ground had given way beneath him.
(c) The snow had covered the crevasse.
(d) He was too busy looking at the mountain to watch where he was going.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Captain Winter remind Rudi of when he was climbing?

2. What did the group take with them?

3. What reward does Winter suggest that Rudi should get from them?

4. Why wouldn't Franz continue to the top of the mountain, despite Winter insisting he do so?

5. What was Rudi's mother known for?

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