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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. What time were the guides of Kurtal set to mobilize?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

2. Who does Teo first raise his beer to?
(a) Captain Winter.
(b) Franz.
(c) Emil Saxo.
(d) Rudi.

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

4. In what year does this story take place?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1935.

5. What country did Rudi guess the man was from?
(a) France.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound did Rudi make?

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

3. Why didn't Saxo want Rudi coming along?

4. Who is the last person that Teo raises his glass to?

5. What didn't Captain Winter buy for Rudi?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Rudi a "prisoner"?

2. How did Teo act as an experienced climber?

3. Why did Teo lie to Franz and Gretchen?

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

5. How did Franz find out where Rudi was?

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

7. Why is it unimportant that Rudi made the climb on his own?

8. What information did Franz share with Ilse that was of particular interest to Rudi, and why was it so?

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

10. What was it that Winter said that left Rudi spellbound?

(see the answer keys)

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