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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue "A Farewell to Arm".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The day before getting trapped, what activity does Ralston indulge in?
(a) Bouldering.
(b) Skiing.
(c) Mountain biking.
(d) Rock climbing.

2. How many hours of darkness must Ralston survive through each night?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Nine.
(d) Twelve.

3. What does Ralston start to hear that causes him to yell?
(a) Sonja's voice.
(b) Flapping wings of a large vulture.
(c) Far off voices.
(d) A screeching raven.

4. At the six month anniversary date, he returns to the canyon with whom?
(a) Mike Wallace with 60 Minutes.
(b) Tom Brokaw with Dateline.
(c) Barbara Walters with 20/20.
(d) Katie Couric with Today.

5. How does Ralston sometimes enter another world in his trances?
(a) He feels himself falling to another plane.
(b) He is lifted in flight with a guide in white.
(c) The chockstone lifts itself, exposing another world on the other side.
(d) The canyon wall opens up to another plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mr. Ralston when Brian notifies his wife of their missing son?

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

3. After Ralston's entrapment, how does Ralston's goal of climbing Colorado's fourteeners in winter change?

4. Who does Ralston originally forget and then remember to talk to on his videotape?

5. At Mount Holy Cross, what close call does Ralston encounter?

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