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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 "Homing In: "We Have His Truck".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brian decide to do when Ralston does not show up?
(a) Give it 24 hours before filing a missing persons report.
(b) Call Ralston's parents to tell them Ralston is missing.
(c) Drive to Moab to look for him.
(d) Call the police and state it is unusual for Ralston to be more than 15 minutes late.

2. During one of Ralston's attempt to amputate his arm, how does he react to the puncture?
(a) He puts himself into shock.
(b) He panics and finishes off his water by pouring it over his wound.
(c) He compares it to a dissection from school days.
(d) He cannot feel the pain, so continues to try and cut the bones.

3. In his first log, what is one thing Ralston mentions?
(a) Memories of climbing the "fourteeners".
(b) How he gets to where he is at now.
(c) Plans on how to get out.
(d) The two hikers he meets on this trip.

4. Who is the original Aspen Police contact Brian and Mrs. Ralston work with to find Ralston?
(a) Adam Crider.
(b) Jason Halladay.
(c) Eric Ross.
(d) Dan Heinrich.

5. What does Ralston realize about the noises he hears?
(a) The noises are angels.
(b) The noises are getting further away.
(c) The noises are getting closer.
(d) The noises are a figment of his imagination.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the beginning of Ralston's hike, he meets which other hikers?

2. What does Ralston do to try and keep himself warm?

3. Where is Ralston's first backpacking trip?

4. Ralston's first trance describes him going through what?

5. What is John Griffith's first job?

(see the answer key)

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