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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. What does Ralston discover when he pokes his pinned thumb?
(a) He can no longer feel his hand.
(b) There is gangrene.
(c) The feeling returns to his hand.
(d) Gases release and it is decomposing faster than he thinks.

2. What is the name of the national park Ralston gets trapped in?
(a) Mesa Verde.
(b) Grand Circle.
(c) Canyonlands.
(d) Bryce Canyon.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ralston compares his freedom to being born again, but with what important difference?

2. What is Ralston's last trance that makes him believe he survives?

3. On the way to the party, what stops the two hikers from going?

4. How does Ralston discover the idea of breaking his bones to amputate his arm?

5. How does Leona find out that Ralston never shows to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. If Ralston knows how to successfully amputate his arm days earlier, does the outcome be the same or different? How come?

2. Describe the sequence of events the leads to locating Ralston's truck.

3. How does Ralston's trances help him?

4. What symptoms does Ralston observe about his body and mind that shows signs of dehydration and lack of sleep?

5. What does Ralston realize about his arm that causes him to panic and wildly thrash around trying to free himself?

6. What is Ralston's agenda between leaving his house on Spruce Street on Thursday and the Saturday he becomes trapped in the canyon?

7. How does Donna react to Brian's initial phone call? How does her reaction compare to Ralston's characteristics?

8. Summarize the two hikers' weekend after they leave Ralston in the canyon, right before his entrapment. Note the circumstances that affects the timing of Ralston's rescue.

9. From Ralston's perspective, what significance is there in knowing what his friends are doing during his entrapment?

10. What characteristics of Ralston returns once safe in the helicopter and hospital?

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