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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What suggested that Franz and the group would be the only ones on the Wunderhorn that day?
(a) No one else had stirred with them that morning.
(b) Everyone had said the night before where they were going.
(c) Franz had booked the mountain path for Captain Winter and to train Rudi.
(d) There was no one ahead nor behind them.

4. Who did Rudi suspect was the shadowy figure?
(a) Franz.
(b) His mother.
(c) Josef Matt.
(d) Captain Winter.

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

6. What was the only sound?
(a) A frog.
(b) His boots on the hard-packed earth.
(c) His boots on the gravel.
(d) A cricket chirping.

7. How long has the person been in the crevasse?
(a) Three hours.
(b) A half hour.
(c) One hour.
(d) Two hours.

8. What had Rudi never received before?
(a) A letter.
(b) Such praise from a man of Winter's capabilities.
(c) Such fine gifts.
(d) A written note.

9. What sound did Rudi make?
(a) A hissing of striking a match.
(b) A click of the lock being engaged.
(c) A creak of a plank underfoot.
(d) He dropped a boot.

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

11. What had there never been in Kurtal?
(a) A crime.
(b) A burglary.
(c) A man as foolhardy as Captain Winter.
(d) A robbery.

12. How many mountains did Franz climb in one week?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

13. Why didn't Rudi's father leave the Citadel?
(a) He was hurt.
(b) He wouldn't leave his client.
(c) Sir Stephenson begged him not to go.
(d) He couldn't find his way.

14. What would Rudi have been glad to do?
(a) Climb the Citadel.
(b) Show Emil what Josef Matt's son was capable of.
(c) Tell his uncle he climbed the Citadel.
(d) Take the lead.

15. Why didn't Saxo want Rudi coming along?
(a) He thought Winter would favor him.
(b) He saw Rudi as a child.
(c) He thought he would slow them down.
(d) He didn't want to be responsible for the boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Rudi's tormentor seen?

2. Who is the "madman" that Franz is referring to?

3. What mountain did Rudy long to climb?

4. How does Franz comfort Frau Matt?

5. What is the name of the barmaid?

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