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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Challenge.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What had changed in Rudi's lifetime?
(a) The village had become a tourist attraction.
(b) Rudi had promised he would never climb the Citadel.
(c) Rudi's father had died.
(d) The Citadel had been climbed.

3. What was the greatest sin a mountaineer can commit?
(a) Scouting ahead without telling anyone where he was going.
(b) Making others risk their lives to save his.
(c) Making the employer risk his life to save his.
(d) Falling.

4. What was the favorite resort of the guides of Kurtal?
(a) The Edweiss pub.
(b) The Edelweiss pub.
(c) The Edenweiss pub.
(d) The Edellweiss pub.

5. What had happened when they had reached the snow slope?
(a) Rudi slipped and fell.
(b) Winter slipped and fell.
(c) Saxo slipped and fell.
(d) An avalanche.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound did Rudi make?

2. Why was Rudi struggling under his burdens?

3. Who does Teo first raise his beer to?

4. Why doesn't Franz think that Rudi can be a porter?

5. What was the only sound?

(see the answer key)

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