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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do you describe Ralston's personality?
(a) Spontaneous but shy.
(b) Spiritual and emotional.
(c) Emotionally adventurous.
(d) Technical and rational.

2. In addition to a helicopter, what other search group is called out to Horseshoe Canyon?
(a) National Association of Search and Rescue.
(b) A horse-team from Wayne County.
(c) The Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Council.
(d) Forest Service firefighting volunteer crew.

3. What sign leads Ralston to believe he is not yet fully dehydrated?
(a) He produces saliva.
(b) He is able to cry.
(c) The cuts from hammering actually bleed.
(d) He continues to have urges to urinate.

4. What does Ralston dub his new goal after finishing all the fourteeners in Colorado during summertime?
(a) Thirteeners.
(b) Winter fourteens.
(c) The Centennial State.
(d) Top 100.

5. Although Ralston talks to the camera about recovery costs, what dominates Ralston's thoughts much of the time?
(a) Amputation.
(b) Fresh foods and liquids.
(c) An ice cream sundae.
(d) A rescue.

6. What stops Brad and Leah from going to the Saturday party?
(a) Leah is too tired.
(b) A flat tire and a missed turn.
(c) They never get specific directions.
(d) Ralston does not call them to say he is going.

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

8. Who does Mrs. Ralston recruit to help her decide what to do?
(a) Elliot.
(b) Ann.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Mr. Ralston.

9. What does Ralston imagine hell to be like?
(a) A fiery cell with close, yet so far away, images of friends and family.
(b) Despair wrapped in loneliness.
(c) A cold, desolate desert where warmth is a faint star far away.
(d) A lonely, empty, cavernous room with no sleep.

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

11. What important role does Ranger Sherrill play in Ralston's search?
(a) He remembers seeing Ralston earlier on the previous Saturday near Goblin Valley.
(b) He flies the helicopter from Colorado for Ralston's search.
(c) He recognizes Ralston's vehicle description.
(d) He is the first into the Horseshoe Canyon area.

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

13. What is Ralston's mother's immediate reaction to the phone call informing her that her son is missing?
(a) Emotional distress.
(b) Helplessness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Calm rationalness.

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

15. Why does Ralston take off his lycra padded shorts?
(a) He wraps it around a rock to smash against the chockstone.
(b) Ralston plans to use it as a bandage when he amputates his arm.
(c) He uses it as a sunshield.
(d) It is too hot in the canyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. During one of Ralston's attempt to amputate his arm, how does he react to the puncture?

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

3. What is different about his last trance compared to all the other previous trances?

4. What is the name of the national park Ralston gets trapped in?

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

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