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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. 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) Falling.
(d) Making the employer risk his life to save his.

2. What is the first thing Rudi tied to the staff?
(a) His backpack.
(b) His shirt.
(c) His pants.
(d) His jacket.

3. How did Teo get injured?
(a) He fell in the darkness.
(b) He made a mistake like Rudi.
(c) He sacrificed himself for the good of the employer.
(d) He jeopardized his life.

4. How long would Rudi give himself to go up?
(a) Another two hours.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Forty-five minutes.
(d) Another hour.

5. Where was the voice coming from?
(a) One of the mountain slopes.
(b) Behind him from the valley.
(c) Inside a crevasse.
(d) Behind him from the path.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the guides think that Rudi was?

2. How many days did it rain?

3. What had happened when they had reached the snow slope?

4. How old was Teo?

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

(see the answer key)

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