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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The day before getting trapped, what activity does Ralston indulge in?
(a) Bouldering.
(b) Mountain biking.
(c) Rock climbing.
(d) Skiing.

2. In the middle of recording on his video camera, he states "even if I see Wednesday." What does this mean to Ralston?
(a) There is no point to seeing Wednesday when it comes.
(b) He expects to die in Tuesday night's cold.
(c) There is a chance to see Wednesday, and he does not give up hope.
(d) That he loses hope and waits for death or an improbable rescue.

3. What does the dispatcher fail to tell those that file Ralston's missing persons report?
(a) What areas the police begin their search.
(b) The itinerary of the search plan.
(c) That it is up to them to notify Ralston's parents.
(d) Ralston is not missing long enough to begin a search immediately.

4. What is different about his last trance compared to all the other previous trances?
(a) Ralston is able to control the direction on his own without a guide.
(b) Ralston is able to speak with the people he sees.
(c) Ralston feels he is present in both planes, the imaginary and the reality.
(d) Ralston is an active participant in the last trance.

5. What does Ralston do with his urine before he sips on it?
(a) He smells it.
(b) He mixes it with what water is left to dilute the urine taste.
(c) He filters it through his sock to separate the coarser sediments.
(d) He distills and decants the sediments.

6. As the two hikers Ralston meets earlier on Saturday leave the canyon, what happens that makes one of them think Ralston is already gone?
(a) They come out of the canyon late and do not see Ralston's bike.
(b) It is already sunset.
(c) They know they have a longer hike out than Ralston does.
(d) They do not see Ralston's truck at the parking lot.

7. What is different on Thursday morning than from all of Ralston's other mornings in the canyon?
(a) No ravens fly by.
(b) No mosquitos today.
(c) No "sun salute".
(d) No music in his head.

8. How do the two hikers identify Ralston's truck on Sunday?
(a) Colorado license plates, skis, and bicycle gear.
(b) It has Ralston's name on the vanity license plate.
(c) Ralston tells them what it looks like.
(d) The truck has a Ute sticker on the back.

9. How does Ralston sometimes enter another world in his trances?
(a) He feels himself falling to another plane.
(b) He is lifted in flight with a guide in white.
(c) The canyon wall opens up to another plane.
(d) The chockstone lifts itself, exposing another world on the other side.

10. How does Leona find out that Ralston never shows to work?
(a) Brian and Joe tell her.
(b) Leona drives to check if Ralston shows up to work.
(c) The police come by to ask questions.
(d) Brian, Ralston's manager, calls the house looking for him.

11. At the bottom of a rappel, what does he find?
(a) Water.
(b) A family of three to run for help.
(c) A dead raven.
(d) Fresh footprints.

12. What do Brad and Leah determine when they do not see Ralston in Utah?
(a) That Ralston returns to Colorado early.
(b) They see him at the house party back in Colorado.
(c) That something is wrong, but they have to wait 24 hours to know for sure.
(d) Perhaps Ralston gets lost too.

13. Who is the original Aspen Police contact Brian and Mrs. Ralston work with to find Ralston?
(a) Dan Heinrich.
(b) Eric Ross.
(c) Adam Crider.
(d) Jason Halladay.

14. What image of Ralston does Leona see while in Boulder?
(a) A falling rock.
(b) An exhausted Ralston.
(c) Ralston wandering, holding his arm tight.
(d) Ralston sleeping peacefully, unsure of his level of consciousness.

15. What are Donna and Ann working on back in Denver?
(a) Continuing to filter his emails for more information.
(b) A missing person's poster.
(c) Calling the United Methodist Church in Utah to send a search party.
(d) A flight to Utah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ralston dub his new goal after finishing all the fourteeners in Colorado during summertime?

2. Where is Mr. Ralston when Brian notifies his wife of their missing son?

3. Ralston surveys the route previous to a ski race and encounters what predicament?

4. What location description is given to the dispatcher to describe Ralston's most likely whereabouts?

5. What does Leona assume when she does not see Ralston at her going away party?

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