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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By Tuesday evening, who calls the police to file a missing persons report.
(a) Brian and Joe.
(b) Brian and Leona.
(c) Brad and Leah.
(d) Ralston's parents.

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

3. What is one of Ralston's motivations to hike Negro Bill Canyon?
(a) To catch twilight photos at the natural bridge.
(b) To see one of the ten longest natural bridges in the United States.
(c) To train for Blue John Canyon.
(d) Because it is in the middle between Moab and Goblin Valley, where the party is located.

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

5. What large piece of information is missing from searching for Ralston's vehicle effectively?
(a) The make of the vehicle.
(b) The year of the vehicle.
(c) The correct license plate number.
(d) The model of the vehicle.

6. What does Leona assume when she does not see Ralston at her going away party?
(a) Ralston is going straight to work from his vacation.
(b) That he is too tired for a party and decides to sleep elsewhere.
(c) That something is wrong, but she has to wait 24 hours to be sure.
(d) Ralston does not like her so does not care to say goodbye.

7. 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 know they have a longer hike out than Ralston does.
(b) It is already sunset.
(c) They come out of the canyon late and do not see Ralston's bike.
(d) They do not see Ralston's truck at the parking lot.

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

9. What causes Ralston to have an erratic heartbeat and sunken eyes?
(a) Lack of sleep.
(b) Dehydration.
(c) Infection from an open wound.
(d) Old burritos.

10. Despite missing Ralston at the trailhead, the two hikers figure they see Ralston again at a party. Where is the party?
(a) Moab.
(b) Goblin Valley.
(c) Boulder, Colorado.
(d) Granary Spring Trailhead.

11. On the way to the party, what stops the two hikers from going?
(a) They have an early morning the next day.
(b) They cannot find the party.
(c) Their van gets a flat tire.
(d) They cannot find a place to sleep close to the party.

12. By what time is the first helicopter on the lookout for Ralston?
(a) 2:50 P.M.
(b) 11:30 A.M.
(c) 1:30 P.M.
(d) 2:00 P.M.

13. What information are the police able to find from Ralston's credit and debit cards?
(a) He does not use his cards since he leaves Colorado.
(b) His last whereabouts are in Glenwood Springs from Thursday.
(c) He is possibly in the Green River area from a convenience store purchase on Saturday.
(d) He buys gas in Moab on Thursday.

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

15. How does Ralston discover the idea of breaking his bones to amputate his arm?
(a) The plastic tubing of his Camelbak snaps due to dryness.
(b) In an angry fit, he feels the unnatural bend in his arm.
(c) A raven, with a broken wing, hobbles by.
(d) In a fit of hammering the chockstone, he feels a breaking blow on his arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. The day before getting trapped, what activity does Ralston indulge in?

2. How does Ralston use his rope bag to keep warm?

3. When getting too confident at Slick Rock Trail, what happens to Ralston?

4. What are Donna and Ann working on back in Denver?

5. What does Ralston imagine hell to be like?

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