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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. Previously, Ralston asks for guidance and direction to understand why he is in this situation. However, by day four, Ralston prays for what?
(a) His parents' understanding of his adventurous lifestyle.
(b) An angel to help free him from the chockstone.
(c) Patience to "see this through".
(d) Leona to report him missing earlier than what he believes is reasonable.

2. Ralston surveys the route previous to a ski race and encounters what predicament?
(a) A cornice falling from underneath him.
(b) A dropoff in the middle of the intended route.
(c) A whiteout storm.
(d) A grizzly bear.

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

4. What location description is given to the dispatcher to describe Ralston's most likely whereabouts?
(a) Utah.
(b) Canyonlands National Park.
(c) Goblin Valley.
(d) Moab area.

5. What do Brad and Leah determine when they do not see Ralston in Utah?
(a) Perhaps Ralston gets lost too.
(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) That Ralston returns to Colorado early.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the bottom of a rappel, what does he find?

3. What information does Elliot attempt to get from the Denali National Park Service?

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

5. By what time is the first helicopter on the lookout for Ralston?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Ralston's perspective, what is happening to time?

3. How does Ralston survive a night outside in a whiteout storm?

4. How does Emery County know to send a helicopter even before they find Ralston?

5. How does Steve Patchett help with the search from New Mexico?

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 Ralston's trances help him?

8. What happens after the amputation that eventually leads Ralston to the helicopter?

9. Sleepless in the canyon, Ralston is reminded of what other occasion in his life and why?

10. What is Elliot's role in the search for Ralston?

(see the answer keys)

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