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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. What danger does Ralston notice on his descent from Capitol Peak?
(a) Signs of hypothermia.
(b) Signs of confusion.
(c) Signs of dehydration.
(d) Signs of frostbite.

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

3. What does Ralston dub his new goal after finishing all the fourteeners in Colorado during summertime?
(a) Top 100.
(b) Winter fourteens.
(c) Thirteeners.
(d) The Centennial State.

4. What information does Elliot attempt to get from the Denali National Park Service?
(a) Ralston's Denali team members' contact information.
(b) Ralston's email address.
(c) Ralston's license plate number.
(d) Ralston's old New Mexico address.

5. By the second day, how does Ralston feel the ordeal ends?
(a) In death.
(b) With an amputated limb and rescue.
(c) Ute Mountaineering start the missing persons report and begin a search and rescue.
(d) Hikers find and rescue him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the chockstone mostly made of?

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

3. After Ralston's entrapment, how does Ralston's goal of climbing Colorado's fourteeners in winter change?

4. Of the listed items, which is found in Ralston's pack?

5. In his first log, what is one thing Ralston mentions?

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