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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. How did Rudi move?
(a) Like a sleepwalker.
(b) Like a ghost.
(c) As though his heart were gone from him.
(d) Like an invalid.

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

3. What did Teo say in regard to Rudi's climb with him?
(a) Really good.
(b) Horrible.
(c) Great.
(d) Not bad at all.

4. What guide does Mr. Winter hope to hire from Broli?
(a) Rudi.
(b) Franz Lerner.
(c) Emil Lerner.
(d) Emil Saxo.

5. Why didn't Rudi get his staff?
(a) He didn't want to heft his "childs' toy" in front of the men.
(b) He had no need of it, having gotten an ice ax.
(c) He didn't want anyone seeing where he had hidden it.
(d) He didn't want to slow the men down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Captain Winter remind Rudi of when he was climbing?

2. What time were the guides of Kurtal set to mobilize?

3. For what reason did Rudi reclaim his stick?

4. How does Franz comfort Frau Matt?

5. What reward does Winter suggest that Rudi should get from them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Teo lie to Franz and Gretchen?

2. What does Teo mean when he says "you cannot bottle the wind"?

3. What was Rudi's fear when he had heard the voice?

4. How was the alternating of the lead role the greatest compliment a guide could give his employer?

5. Why did Rudi have to keep to the shadows while playing hooky from work?

6. How is it obvious that Teo supports Rudi in climbing?

7. What things do Franz and Rudi's mother say to try and show the boy the sense in a career in a hotel?

8. How were Franz and Captain Winter different as climbers?

9. How was Rudi a "prisoner"?

10. Who was Mr. Winter?

(see the answer keys)

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