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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 "Day Two: Failing Options".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the second day, how does Ralston feel the ordeal ends?
(a) In death.
(b) Ute Mountaineering start the missing persons report and begin a search and rescue.
(c) With an amputated limb and rescue.
(d) Hikers find and rescue him.

2. After sitting for fifteen minutes, what begins to happen to Ralston's legs?
(a) His legs get cramped with restricted blood flow.
(b) Ralston hurts his right ankle as he swings it.
(c) His legs begin to form clots.
(d) His legs get tender from the material cutting into his legs.

3. Where is Ralston's first solo overnight trip?
(a) Middle Teton.
(b) Great Teton.
(c) Medium Teton.
(d) Little Teton.

4. Ralston attends what university?
(a) Cornell University.
(b) University of Pittsburgh.
(c) Penn State.
(d) Carnegie Mellon University.

5. John Griffith is last seen in what year?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1889.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mark teaches Aron what skills for future climbing adventures?

2. Who is Ralston's best friend that climbs his first "fourteener" with him?

3. In his first log, what is one thing Ralston mentions?

4. Who is the leader of this gang?

5. During this nighttime rafting trip, how does Ralston discern whether there are rapids in the dark?

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