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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the chockstone mostly made of?
(a) Shale.
(b) Granite.
(c) Sandstone.
(d) Limestone.
2. Of the listed items, which is found in Ralston's pack?
(a) A folding knife.
(b) An emergency blanket.
(c) An emergency candle.
(d) A multi-tool.
3. What does Ralston drop when he attempts to place it safely into his pack with the swollen hand?
(a) A carabiner.
(b) The headlight.
(c) The key ring for his bike lock.
(d) A raven's feather.
4. What happens when Ralston attempts to hammer the blade with a large rock?
(a) The rock breaks to pieces in his hands.
(b) The rock wedges the blade into the boulder.
(c) Ralston misses and creates a large bruise.
(d) The rock flicks the knife into a hole at his feet.
5. What character is used to indicate the location of the party Ralston mentions to the other hikers?
(a) Fred Flintstone.
(b) Scooby Doo.
(c) Scrappy.
(d) Papa Smurf.
6. Ralston decides to amputate his limb. What does he first use to try to make a tourniquet?
(a) A belt.
(b) Tubing from this Camelback.
(c) A shirt.
(d) Rope.
7. What conservationist author does Ralston and the other hikers admire?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) John Muir.
(c) Rachel Carson.
(d) Edward Abbey.
8. Considering Ralston's risky adventures, how does he see himself dying?
(a) On his death bed, due to natural causes.
(b) A slow death, such as his current predicament.
(c) Jumping a cliff on skis.
(d) Abruptly, such as in a fall.
9. Where does the gang separate after a shootout?
(a) Tombstone.
(b) Lee's Ferry.
(c) OK Corral.
(d) Roost Canyon.
10. Indian Ed is suspected to go to what state after the gang's separation?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Texas.
(d) Oklahoma.
11. What sound does Ralston compare the beginning of an avalanche to?
(a) An oncoming train.
(b) A sonic boom.
(c) A diesel engine.
(d) A large crash.
12. Who is the region in which Ralston is trapped named after?
(a) John Griffith.
(b) Mr. Griffin.
(c) Butch Cassidy.
(d) Indian Ed.
13. What does Ralston start to hear that causes him to yell?
(a) Flapping wings of a large vulture.
(b) A screeching raven.
(c) Sonja's voice.
(d) Far off voices.
14. By the second day, how does Ralston feel the ordeal ends?
(a) In death.
(b) Hikers find and rescue him.
(c) Ute Mountaineering start the missing persons report and begin a search and rescue.
(d) With an amputated limb and rescue.
15. When Ralston hears about his friends, what feeling does that instill in him?
(a) Anger that it isn't him instead.
(b) A sense of extreme luckiness.
(c) He feels he can do anything without getting hurt.
(d) He feels tougher with all that he's been through.
Short Answer Questions
1. Sonja moves to what state for college?
2. With what famous gang does the person bearing this region's name run with?
3. Ralston's fascination with canyons stems from what time in his life?
4. Ralston joins what school club when he moves to Colorado?
5. After Humphrey's peak, what does Ralston share with his friend Mark?
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