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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) Rubella.
(b) Measles.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Polio.

2. Who is the last to be retrieved from the avalanche?
(a) Chadwick.
(b) The emergency crew.
(c) Mark.
(d) Ralston.

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

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

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

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

7. What is John Griffith's first job?
(a) Baker.
(b) Rancher.
(c) Cook.
(d) Butcher.

8. Mark teaches Aron what skills for future climbing adventures?
(a) Rock climbing, avalanche awareness, and rope work.
(b) Rock climbing, wilderness first aid, and rope work.
(c) Avalanche awareness, orienteering, and what to do during predator encounters.
(d) Orienteering, rock climbing, wilderness first aid.

9. Why does Ralston recount his recent solo adventures?
(a) To humble a bragging friend.
(b) To get a news story on his upcoming climb.
(c) To impress a friend he admires.
(d) To get invited to more climbing trips.

10. After sitting for fifteen minutes, what begins to happen to Ralston's legs?
(a) Ralston hurts his right ankle as he swings it.
(b) His legs begin to form clots.
(c) His legs get tender from the material cutting into his legs.
(d) His legs get cramped with restricted blood flow.

11. Who is the leader of this gang?
(a) Butch Cassidy.
(b) Indian Ed.
(c) John Griffith.
(d) Silver Tip.

12. What does Ralston make out of the elastic tubing insulation from his Camelbak?
(a) A pulley.
(b) A tourniquet.
(c) A noose.
(d) An animal trap.

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

14. Near the beginning of Ralston's hike, he meets which other hikers?
(a) Grace and Sammy.
(b) Megan and Kristi.
(c) Steve and Eve.
(d) Molly and Taylor.

15. John Griffith is last seen in what year?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1879.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the halfway point of the canyon, Ralston must rappel down what?

2. In 1989, Ralston participates in an outdoor adventure camp that includes what activities?

3. Conserving water, how often does Ralston takes sips in the beginning of his entrapment?

4. Where does the gang separate after a shootout?

5. At Mount Holy Cross, what close call does Ralston encounter?

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