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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. Why does Ralston acknowledge Warren MacDonald in his time of entrapment?
(a) MacDonald is a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon.
(b) MacDonald loses his limbs in a hiking accident.
(c) MacDonald is the first to climb all the fourteeners of Colorado.
(d) MacDonald has his arms amputated during the Korean War.

2. What important role does Ranger Sherrill play in Ralston's search?
(a) He is the first into the Horseshoe Canyon area.
(b) He flies the helicopter from Colorado for Ralston's search.
(c) He recognizes Ralston's vehicle description.
(d) He remembers seeing Ralston earlier on the previous Saturday near Goblin Valley.

3. What conservationist author does Ralston and the other hikers admire?
(a) John Muir.
(b) Rachel Carson.
(c) Edward Abbey.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

4. What importance does the Elk Mountains Grand Traverse play in Ralston's life?
(a) It is where he wins his first ski race.
(b) It is his first Colorado winter fourteener.
(c) It is a ski race Ralston and a friend finish in inclement weather.
(d) It is where his friend almost sdue to an avalanche.

5. How does Ralston discover the idea of breaking his bones to amputate his arm?
(a) The plastic tubing of his Camelbak snaps due to dryness.
(b) In a fit of hammering the chockstone, he feels a breaking blow on his arm.
(c) In an angry fit, he feels the unnatural bend in his arm.
(d) A raven, with a broken wing, hobbles by.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ralston find work in Aspen?

2. In Spring of 2002, Ralston quits Intel to do what?

3. What information does Elliot attempt to get from the Denali National Park Service?

4. How do you describe Ralston's personality?

5. Considering Ralston's rations by day three, how much longer does he expect to survive?

(see the answer key)

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