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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What in the rock glittered like diamonds?
(a) Gold.
(b) Mica.
(c) Quartz.
(d) Hematite.

3. What did the group take with them?
(a) All their gear.
(b) Cheese, sausage and chocolate.
(c) Their packs.
(d) Extra sweaters.

4. What mountain did Rudy long to climb?
(a) The Wunderhorn.
(b) The Citadel.
(c) The Rotalp.
(d) The Monte Rosa.

5. To what stone did Rudi compare the man?
(a) Marble.
(b) Cement.
(c) Lead.
(d) Granite.

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

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

8. Where is Captain Winter going?
(a) To Georgia.
(b) To Germany.
(c) To Geneva.
(d) To Greece.

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

10. What was Teo's last hike?
(a) Up the Wunderhorn.
(b) Up the Citadel.
(c) Up the Monte Rosa.
(d) Up the Rotalp.

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

12. What reward does Winter suggest that Rudi should get from them?
(a) They should let him come as porter on the Wunderhorn.
(b) They shouldn't be angry with him.
(c) He should not be punished.
(d) They should let him be a porter.

13. Why doesn't Rudi want Winter speaking of his rescue?
(a) He doesn't want the attention from the townsfolk.
(b) His mother and uncle will hear and he'll get in trouble.
(c) He doesn't want to worry his mother.
(d) He is shy.

14. Where did Teo tell Franz that Rudi was?
(a) Out getting more soap.
(b) Helping in another area of the Hotel.
(c) At the market.
(d) Up the mountain.

15. In what kind of tree was Rudi's staff hidden?
(a) A blue spruce.
(b) An lodge-pole pine.
(c) A fir.
(d) A cedar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Josef Matt's shirt found?

3. What did Rudi know more of than any other guide in Kurtal?

4. What did Rudi strike a second match for?

5. How long had the Citadel been left alone?

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