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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease does Betty contract as a child?
(a) Polio.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Measles.
(d) Rubella.

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

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

4. What happens to Ralston's friendships after the avalanche?
(a) Ralston is upset by their emergency skills and no longer trusts them.
(b) They are closer than ever since the ordeal.
(c) Mark blames Ralston but Chadwick understands both parties.
(d) Mark and Chadwick no longer speak to Ralston.

5. Who is Ralston's best friend that climbs his first "fourteener" with him?
(a) Henry Jones.
(b) John Gray.
(c) Jimmy Helbig.
(d) Jon Heinrich.

6. When Ralston recounts his adventures, how does his friend react?
(a) He invites Ralston on an upcoming climbing trip.
(b) He tries to tell a more impressive story.
(c) Unimpressed, he reminds Ralston "as long as it makes you happy."
(d) He is impressed and jealous.

7. When climbing Humphrey's Peak, what danger does Ralston encounter?
(a) An avalanche.
(b) A cougar.
(c) Thunder and lightning.
(d) A grizzly bear.

8. For the first two days, how do you describe Ralston's reaction to the situation?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Rational.
(c) Panicky.
(d) Angry.

9. Why does Ralston acknowledge Warren MacDonald in his time of entrapment?
(a) MacDonald loses his limbs in a hiking accident.
(b) MacDonald is the first to climb all the fourteeners of Colorado.
(c) MacDonald is a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon.
(d) MacDonald has his arms amputated during the Korean War.

10. What does Ralston realize about his pinned limb?
(a) The limb is no longer salvageable.
(b) Ralston still has feelings in it.
(c) The limb can still be saved if the chockstone is carefully removed.
(d) The limb can still move.

11. What is the average survival time without water in the desert?
(a) Two to three days.
(b) Five to six days.
(c) Three to four days.
(d) Four to five days.

12. Silver Tip escapes after how many years in prison?
(a) Ten.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

13. What does Ralston decide to do as Chad takes photos of Havasupai Creek?
(a) Dive into the river with Jean-Marc.
(b) Cannonball into the river.
(c) Go for a swim.
(d) Tackle Chad into the river.

14. At Mount Holy Cross, what close call does Ralston encounter?
(a) A thunder and lightning storm.
(b) A cornice collapse he is one step away from.
(c) Dehydration.
(d) Hypothermia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ralston realize about the noises he hears?

2. What conservationist author does Ralston and the other hikers admire?

3. John Griffith is last seen in what year?

4. What happens when Ralston attempts to hammer the blade with a large rock?

5. What nickname does Ralston's mother give him during the trip to the national park?

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