A Rock and a Hard Place Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Aron Ralston
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A Rock and a Hard Place Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Indian Ed is suspected to go to what state after the gang's separation?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Texas.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Wyoming.

2. 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) In death.
(c) With an amputated limb and rescue.
(d) Hikers find and rescue him.

3. Considering Ralston's risky adventures, how does he see himself dying?
(a) A slow death, such as his current predicament.
(b) Abruptly, such as in a fall.
(c) On his death bed, due to natural causes.
(d) Jumping a cliff on skis.

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 flicks the knife into a hole at his feet.
(c) The rock wedges the blade into the boulder.
(d) Ralston misses and creates a large bruise.

5. Sonja moves to what state for college?
(a) Arizona.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Texas.

6. What excites Ralston most when he summits Maroon Bells in the wintertime?
(a) He gets a news story about him.
(b) He does it five hrs faster than in summertime.
(c) He set a record of fastest climb up Maroon Bells.
(d) The sunset over Pyramids Peak.

7. What stops Ralston from amputating his arm this time?
(a) He passes out.
(b) He considers the possibility of still saving his limb.
(c) The tourniquet keeps getting loose.
(d) He has no tools to cut his bones.

8. Ralston's fascination with canyons stems from what time in his life?
(a) A family vacation to Utah and Grand Canyon.
(b) Photographic books from a family friend.
(c) A school fieldtrip across Colorado.
(d) Outdoor adventure camp.

9. What is the chockstone mostly made of?
(a) Shale.
(b) Sandstone.
(c) Granite.
(d) Limestone.

10. When Ralston hears about his friends, what feeling does that instill in him?
(a) A sense of extreme luckiness.
(b) He feels tougher with all that he's been through.
(c) Anger that it isn't him instead.
(d) He feels he can do anything without getting hurt.

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

12. Near the halfway point of the canyon, Ralston must rappel down what?
(a) The Big Ditch.
(b) The Deep Gulch.
(c) The Long Fall.
(d) The Big Drop.

13. What does Ralston realize about the noises he hears?
(a) The noises are getting further away.
(b) The noises are getting closer.
(c) The noises are a figment of his imagination.
(d) The noises are angels.

14. What sound does Ralston compare the beginning of an avalanche to?
(a) A sonic boom.
(b) A diesel engine.
(c) A large crash.
(d) An oncoming train.

15. After the near drowning incident, what does Ralston share with Sonja that night?
(a) S'mores.
(b) Ralston reports how he no longer wants to solo climb.
(c) Ralston confides his fear of dying in the river.
(d) Ralston states that it is the coolest thing he's ever done.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ralston drop when he attempts to place it safely into his pack with the swollen hand?

2. What does Ralston realize about his pinned limb?

3. During this nighttime rafting trip, how does Ralston discern whether there are rapids in the dark?

4. What happens to Ralston's friendships after the avalanche?

5. Silver Tip escapes after how many years in prison?

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