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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What mountain did Rudy long to climb?
2. Who was waiting in the hut when Rudi entered?
3. What did Winter and Saxo spend the first hour in the hut doing?
4. Approximately how high is the top of the Wunderhorn?
5. What gave Rudi such hope?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was it dangerous to travel up the slope in the sun?
2. How was Rudi a "prisoner"?
3. How is it obvious that Teo supports Rudi in climbing?
4. Why did Rudi have to keep to the shadows while playing hooky from work?
5. How was the hut on the Citadel different from the other huts?
6. Why didn't Josef Matt climb down the mountain with Teo?
7. What did the man in the cabin look like?
8. What was it that Winter said that left Rudi spellbound?
9. Who was Mr. Winter?
10. How was the alternating of the lead role the greatest compliment a guide could give his employer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain how intolerance is outlined and used as a catalyst throughout this novel. How is it a motivation for some characters? Explain how this is also used as a method for contrast. Explain your answer, and justify it using quotes from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the personification of the hazards of the mountain. How did this propagate the fear of the villagers? If to take this into consideration, are the villagers narrow minded? Explain your answer. What emotion finally got the rest of the Kurtalers up the mountain?
Essay Topic 3
Create a personality profile for Teo. Why do you think he was always helping Rudi? What kind of person was he and what kind of influence does he have on both the town and Rudi's family?
This section contains 940 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
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