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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ralston do with his urine by day three in the canyon?
(a) He does not have the need to urinate due to dehydration.
(b) He drinks sips of it to survive.
(c) He tries to urinate as far away as possible to prevent odors.
(d) He saves it as future hydration.

3. Where does the gang separate after a shootout?
(a) Tombstone.
(b) Lee's Ferry.
(c) Roost Canyon.
(d) OK Corral.

4. What happens to Ralston's friendships after the avalanche?
(a) Ralston is upset by their emergency skills and no longer trusts them.
(b) Mark and Chadwick no longer speak to Ralston.
(c) Mark blames Ralston but Chadwick understands both parties.
(d) They are closer than ever since the ordeal.

5. To keep some form of control, what is one relatively trivial thing Ralston does?
(a) Ralston puts on his hat.
(b) Ralston continuously ties knots, undoes them, and ties them again.
(c) Ralston neatly rearranges his belongings into his pack.
(d) Ralston tidies up the dust and rock pieces off his arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the first two days, how do you describe Ralston's reaction to the situation?

2. Ralston joins what school club when he moves to Colorado?

3. What does Ralston start to hear that causes him to yell?

4. Of the listed items, which is found in Ralston's pack?

5. One of the hikers mentions that the pictures in the book "Canyon Hiking Guide to the Colorado Plateau" look like what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ralston's attitude about the outdoors change over time while growing up?

2. Other than the technical skills Ralston learns from his friends about the outdoors, how does Ralston use his educational background to help him in the canyon?

3. Although Ralston usually prepares himself before setting out on his adventures, what event(s) occur(s) at Havasupai that shows Ralston does not always look before he leaps?

4. What does the sheriff's posse think of the outlaws?

5. Compare Warren MacDonald and Betty Darr and their relationship to Ralston.

6. How does Ralston feels he fits into Aspen's social class?

7. Even before the expected predicament of Ralston occurs, what conversation foreshadows the eerie feeling of the canyon?

8. What becomes of the second rate Wild Bunch boys from Roost Canyon?

9. Describe Ralston's reaction to a black bear in his campground on his first solo overnighter?

10. What does "Geologic Time Includes Now" mean?

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