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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 "Day Three: 'Push on Till the Day"'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once in the water, what happens to Ralston?
(a) He gets caught in the main current.
(b) He forgets how to swim.
(c) He gets thrown into large boulders.
(d) He gets feet caught between rocks.

2. What does Ralston drop when he attempts to place it safely into his pack with the swollen hand?
(a) The headlight.
(b) The key ring for his bike lock.
(c) A raven's feather.
(d) A carabiner.

3. To keep some form of control, what is one relatively trivial thing Ralston does?
(a) Ralston neatly rearranges his belongings into his pack.
(b) Ralston puts on his hat.
(c) Ralston tidies up the dust and rock pieces off his arm.
(d) Ralston continuously ties knots, undoes them, and ties them again.

4. What excites Ralston most when he summits Maroon Bells in the wintertime?
(a) The sunset over Pyramids Peak.
(b) He set a record of fastest climb up Maroon Bells.
(c) He does it five hrs faster than in summertime.
(d) He gets a news story about him.

5. After the near drowning incident, what does Ralston share with Sonja that night?
(a) Ralston states that it is the coolest thing he's ever done.
(b) Ralston reports how he no longer wants to solo climb.
(c) Ralston confides his fear of dying in the river.
(d) S'mores.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Ralston's mother give him during the trip to the national park?

2. How does John Griffith get his nickname?

3. When Ralston hears about his friends, what feeling does that instill in him?

4. Why does Ralston acknowledge Warren MacDonald in his time of entrapment?

5. In his first log, what is one thing Ralston mentions?

(see the answer key)

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