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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. During this nighttime rafting trip, how does Ralston discern whether there are rapids in the dark?
(a) By sitting in front to listen ahead.
(b) Ralston tests the waters with his oars.
(c) Ralston memorizes the rapids from earlier trips.
(d) If the stars reflect off the water, it is calm.

2. Ralston decides to amputate his limb. What does he first use to try to make a tourniquet?
(a) A shirt.
(b) Rope.
(c) Tubing from this Camelback.
(d) A belt.

3. What is the name of the place in which Ralston is trapped?
(a) Red Canyon.
(b) Blue John Gap.
(c) Boulder Canyon.
(d) Blue John Canyon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John Griffith's first job?

2. Who is the region in which Ralston is trapped named after?

3. How does Ralston use his rope bag to keep warm?

4. As the two hikers Ralston meets earlier on Saturday leave the canyon, what happens that makes one of them think Ralston is already gone?

5. How many fourteeners does Ralston climb in Colorado?

(see the answer key)

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