2. What did Franz see that caused him to pause?
(a) Rudi's father's red sweater.
(b) Rudi's knapsack.
(c) Blood in the snow.
(d) Rudi's boots.

3. Why does Rudi think he can make it through the eye of the needle?
(a) He had become a good climber.
(b) He is smaller.
(c) He found the way past the Fortress.
(d) He had the faith of the group on his shoulders.

4. What did Rudi compare Saxo to in his injury?
(a) A wounded beast.
(b) A greenhorn.
(c) A fallen giant.
(d) A caged animal.

5. Why didn't Rudi yodel when he had gotten to where he stood?
(a) He wouldn't have honored his fathers memory,
(b) He didn't want Franz to hear him.
(c) It wouldn't have satisfied him.
(d) It would have been blasphemy.

6. What did Rudi see on the cliff above?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A seagull.
(c) A mountain goat.
(d) A chamois.

7. What made Franz angry?
(a) The fact that Rudi had continued on without letting him know.
(b) That Saxo had abandoned his Herr.
(c) The thought of Saxo.
(d) That Rudi had abandoned Winter and Franz.

8. What had unnerved Rudi?
(a) The hight at which he stood.
(b) He saw his father's ghost.
(c) The fact that he was higher than anyone had been since his father had stood there.
(d) The stillness of the mountain and all that surrounded him.

9. Why didn't Rudi cry out?
(a) He didn't think the other two people in his party would be alive to hear him.
(b) He worried that his voice could trigger a fresh avalanche.
(c) He knew his strongest effort on the surface would be little more than a whisper.
(d) He felt that he would look wimpy to Saxo and Winter if he were to call out.

10. Why did Saxo think that Josef and Stephenson couldn't find the way up the eastern face?
(a) Stephenson was injured, and therefore they had to find a route to suit him.
(b) The Kurtal guide wasn't as skilled as a guide from Broli.
(c) The weather might not have been as good.
(d) They didn't look hard enough, or perhaps not have the skill.

11. What must always come first in any situation?
(a) The responsibility of a porter to the guide.
(b) The maintenance of group responsibility.
(c) The help of another climber.
(d) The injuries of a person in trouble.

12. Although Winter wasn't in as good of health, what did Rudi see was untempered?
(a) His ambition.
(b) His health.
(c) His strong will.
(d) His spirit.

13. How did Rudi know which route to follow?
(a) The marks of their boot nails were still visible.
(b) He had memorized his footing.
(c) He didn't follow their original route, but his own.
(d) They had marked out their route before.

14. Under how many feet of snow was Winter buried?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

15. What was the first "key" to the mountain?
(a) The Fortress.
(b) The peak.
(c) The shoulder.
(d) The crossing of the snow bridge.