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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 is Ralston most careful not to cut until the end of the amputation?
(a) The muscle tissues.
(b) The tendon.
(c) The arteries and nerves.
(d) The veins.

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

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

4. What is the name of the national park Ralston gets trapped in?
(a) Grand Circle.
(b) Canyonlands.
(c) Mesa Verde.
(d) Bryce Canyon.

5. What image of Ralston does Leona see while in Boulder?
(a) Ralston wandering, holding his arm tight.
(b) Ralston sleeping peacefully, unsure of his level of consciousness.
(c) An exhausted Ralston.
(d) A falling rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ralston do to conserve his water supply on his hike out?

2. Where is Mr. Ralston when Brian notifies his wife of their missing son?

3. What do the mosquitoes indicate to Ralston?

4. What information are the police able to find from Ralston's credit and debit cards?

5. Who is the original Aspen Police contact Brian and Mrs. Ralston work with to find Ralston?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Elliot's role in the search for Ralston?

2. What happens after the amputation that eventually leads Ralston to the helicopter?

3. What is the feeling and mood of Ralston's trances?

4. Other than taste, what other factors does Ralston have to consider when deciding on whether to drink his urine?

5. How does Ralston's trances help him?

6. According to Ralston's perspective, what is happening to time?

7. How does Ralston survive a night outside in a whiteout storm?

8. If Ralston knows how to successfully amputate his arm days earlier, does the outcome be the same or different? How come?

9. What is Ralston's agenda between leaving his house on Spruce Street on Thursday and the Saturday he becomes trapped in the canyon?

10. From Ralston's perspective, what significance is there in knowing what his friends are doing during his entrapment?

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