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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 "Day Five: Trance Sanctuary".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Back in solitude, Ralston listens to what band on his CD player?
(a) Phish.
(b) Nirvana.
(c) Poison.
(d) Dave Matthews Band.

2. Despite the futility of chipping away at the chockstone, why does Ralston continue to do so?
(a) He believes it is not futile.
(b) Out of anger.
(c) Out of boredom.
(d) To generate body heat.

3. Where is Ralston's first backpacking trip?
(a) Yosemite National Park.
(b) Grand Teton National Park.
(c) Rocky Mountain National Park.
(d) Glacier National Park.

4. When Ralston hears about his friends, what feeling does that instill in him?
(a) He feels tougher with all that he's been through.
(b) Anger that it isn't him instead.
(c) He feels he can do anything without getting hurt.
(d) A sense of extreme luckiness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By the second day, how does Ralston feel the ordeal ends?

2. What does Ralston imagine hell to be like?

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

4. How many hours of darkness must Ralston survive through each night?

5. What disease does Betty contract as a child?

(see the answer key)

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