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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 "Day Two: Failing Options".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near the beginning of Ralston's hike, he meets which other hikers?
(a) Steve and Eve.
(b) Grace and Sammy.
(c) Megan and Kristi.
(d) Molly and Taylor.

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

3. Ralston is able to make a seat out of what?
(a) A concave divot in the wall.
(b) The harness and rappelling gear.
(c) Ralston ties his ropes into a makeshift sitting-hammock.
(d) A large boulder nearby.

4. What is Ralston's biggest risk that can cause his death?
(a) Hypothermia.
(b) Flash flood.
(c) Dehydration.
(d) Heart attack.

5. In Spring of 2002, Ralston quits Intel to do what?
(a) Finish climbing all the "fourteeners".
(b) Move to the Andes.
(c) Climb Denali.
(d) Climb Everest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Silver Tip escapes after how many years in prison?

2. Sonja moves to what state for college?

3. One of the hikers mentions that the pictures in the book "Canyon Hiking Guide to the Colorado Plateau" look like what?

4. What is the average survival time without water in the desert?

5. What part of Ralston's arm is crushed between the boulder and the canyon wall?

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