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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to the physical challenges of Ralston's adventures, what does he also appreciate in the outdoors?
(a) The quiet.
(b) He gets to meet others that enjoy the same hobbies.
(c) The photographic scenery.
(d) The smell.

2. How does Ralston use his rope bag to keep warm?
(a) He wraps it around his shoulders like a shawl.
(b) He places it over his head.
(c) He draws his legs into it to keep them warm.
(d) He ties it around his torso.

3. What is Ralston's mother's immediate reaction to the phone call informing her that her son is missing?
(a) Anger.
(b) Calm rationalness.
(c) Emotional distress.
(d) Helplessness.

4. Why does Ralston take off his lycra padded shorts?
(a) It is too hot in the canyon.
(b) He uses it as a sunshield.
(c) Ralston plans to use it as a bandage when he amputates his arm.
(d) He wraps it around a rock to smash against the chockstone.

5. Before Brian calls the Spruce Street house, who calls in to check on Ralston?
(a) Brian and Joe.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Leona.
(d) Ralston's mother.

6. At the bottom of a rappel, what does he find?
(a) Water.
(b) Fresh footprints.
(c) A family of three to run for help.
(d) A dead raven.

7. By what time is the first helicopter on the lookout for Ralston?
(a) 2:50 P.M.
(b) 1:30 P.M.
(c) 11:30 A.M.
(d) 2:00 P.M.

8. Ralston compares his freedom to being born again, but with what important difference?
(a) He feels a sense of accomplishment from making it happen.
(b) He now knows the values of family and friends.
(c) He is not vulnerable.
(d) He is coming from a dry desolate place this time.

9. How do you describe Ralston's personality?
(a) Emotionally adventurous.
(b) Spiritual and emotional.
(c) Technical and rational.
(d) Spontaneous but shy.

10. Ralston surveys the route previous to a ski race and encounters what predicament?
(a) A grizzly bear.
(b) A dropoff in the middle of the intended route.
(c) A cornice falling from underneath him.
(d) A whiteout storm.

11. How does Ralston view his trances?
(a) He believes they take time away from survival techniques in the real world.
(b) He feels a little frightful with the ghosts.
(c) He finds them comforting.
(d) He finds it frustrating to be able to see yet not participate with his friends.

12. What does Ralston imagine hell to be like?
(a) A lonely, empty, cavernous room with no sleep.
(b) A cold, desolate desert where warmth is a faint star far away.
(c) A fiery cell with close, yet so far away, images of friends and family.
(d) Despair wrapped in loneliness.

13. What promising information does Jason Halladay provide?
(a) More contact information.
(b) Ralston's canyon interests from a past email.
(c) The correct vehicle information needed.
(d) He verifies the Holy Cross trip is cancelled.

14. What does Ralston discover when he pokes his pinned thumb?
(a) There is gangrene.
(b) Gases release and it is decomposing faster than he thinks.
(c) He can no longer feel his hand.
(d) The feeling returns to his hand.

15. On day four, Ralston passes time by doing what?
(a) Etching games of tic-tac-toe on the wall.
(b) Listening to his Phish CD.
(c) Reminiscing about old times and friends to the video camera.
(d) Chipping away the chockstone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Ralston's motivations to hike Negro Bill Canyon?

2. How do the two hikers identify Ralston's truck on Sunday?

3. What does Brian decide to do when Ralston does not show up?

4. What is different about his last trance compared to all the other previous trances?

5. What does Ralston compare his trances and reality to?

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