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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, The Heights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wasn't on the menu of the climbers?
(a) Dried meat.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Bread.
(d) Cheese.

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

3. How did Rudi's mountaineer instinct come into play?
(a) He maintained his hold on the rope that was lashed to the other two climbers.
(b) He anchored himself and refused to let the avalanche take him.
(c) He swam through the snow.
(d) He put his arm over his face giving himself breathing room.

4. Why didn't Rudi's mother cry and cling to him?
(a) She wouldn't display that kind of emotion.
(b) She didn't want to embarrass him.
(c) She wanted to treat him like a man, not as a boy.
(d) It is what she had done with his father, and he had never come home.

5. What was the difference in climbing the snow slope and climbing the ice?
(a) There was no sound on the snow slope.
(b) The snow slope was more treacherous.
(c) The snow slope was colder.
(d) The snow slope was less dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had disappeared with Rudi's fear?

2. What had unnerved Rudi?

3. Why didn't Rudi get his staff?

4. What is the only nice thing that was said of Emil Saxo?

5. Who does Teo first raise his beer to?

(see the answer key)

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