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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is Captain Winter going?
(a) To Greece.
(b) To Geneva.
(c) To Georgia.
(d) To Germany.
2. How many dishes did Rudi break?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.
3. Why didn't Rudi's father leave the Citadel?
(a) He wouldn't leave his client.
(b) He was hurt.
(c) Sir Stephenson begged him not to go.
(d) He couldn't find his way.
4. What often happens in the high mountains?
(a) The ice becomes more treacherous at dawn.
(b) Dawn brings warmth.
(c) Dawn doesn't bring warmth but increased cold.
(d) The ice starts to melt at dawn.
5. For what reason did Rudi reclaim his stick?
(a) To use to climb the ice.
(b) To "persuade" Winter to let him go with them.
(c) To use for walking.
(d) To place the shirt upon the top of the mountain.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the greatest sin a mountaineer can commit?
2. What guide does Mr. Winter hope to hire from Broli?
3. Why is Rudi employed as a dishwasher?
4. How many people could stay in the Blausee Hut?
5. Why does Winter volunteer to go after Rudi?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was the Edelweiss a favorite location of the guides and their porters in Kurtal?
2. How was Rudi a "prisoner"?
3. How is it obvious that Teo supports Rudi in climbing?
4. Why was Franz looking at Rudi as though he had never seen him before?
5. What information did Franz share with Ilse that was of particular interest to Rudi, and why was it so?
6. What things do Franz and Rudi's mother say to try and show the boy the sense in a career in a hotel?
7. What did the man in the cabin look like?
8. How were Franz and Captain Winter different as climbers?
9. Why does Rudi take such good care of his father's shirt?
10. What was it that Winter said that left Rudi spellbound?
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