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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue "A Farewell to Arm".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what famous gang does the person bearing this region's name run with?
(a) The Wild Bunch.
(b) Harris's Cattle Ranchers.
(c) The Crazy Bunch.
(d) The Wild Westerners.

2. What does Adam Crider find out from Ralston's debit card?
(a) His last purchase is in Green River.
(b) Ralston does not use his debit card on his trip.
(c) The last activity is on Friday of the previous week.
(d) His last purchase is in Moab.

3. The boulder that pins Ralston's arm is compared to what in size?
(a) A refrigerator.
(b) An oven.
(c) A bus tire.
(d) A Volkswagon Beetle.

4. What does Ralston compare his trances and reality to?
(a) "A Christmas Carol" by Dickens.
(b) A plot for a Stephen King book.
(c) "It's A Wonderful Life" starring Ralston.
(d) His trances are like heaven, his reality hell.

5. What does Ralston do with his urine before he sips on it?
(a) He smells it.
(b) He mixes it with what water is left to dilute the urine taste.
(c) He distills and decants the sediments.
(d) He filters it through his sock to separate the coarser sediments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What alters Ralston's original plans that set him on a course to the desert in Utah?

2. How many fourteeners does Ralston climb in Colorado?

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

4. How do the two hikers identify Ralston's truck on Sunday?

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

(see the answer key)

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