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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. Who did Rudi suspect was the shadowy figure?
2. How far beneath the Hut was the town of Kurtal?
3. What point of the Citadel was the highest point reached before?
4. Who saw the three climb up the icefall?
5. What is the name of the barmaid?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the people of Kurtal fear the Citadel?
2. How was the alternating of the lead role the greatest compliment a guide could give his employer?
3. Why did Teo lie to Franz and Gretchen?
4. What information did Franz share with Ilse that was of particular interest to Rudi, and why was it so?
5. What did Franz do to discourage climbing of the Citadel to Mr. Winter?
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. How was the hut on the Citadel different from the other huts?
8. What was different between the upper and lower glaciers?
9. What was Rudi's fear when he had heard the voice?
10. How did Rudi save Mr. Winter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Frau Matt and Franz Lerner's control methods regarding Rudi. Speculate on the reasons they had failed. In which ways might they have succeeded, if they would have considered another method? Explain how their behavior could have encouraged Rudi even more.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the statement Teo makes, "You cannot bottle the wind." To what is he referring? What literary device is this? What does Teo do in this chapter, and how is it beneficial to Rudi?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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