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Aron Ralston
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A Rock and a Hard Place Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Aron Ralston
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ralston's biggest risk that can cause his death?
(a) Hypothermia.
(b) Dehydration.
(c) Flash flood.
(d) Heart attack.

2. Why does Ralston acknowledge Warren MacDonald in his time of entrapment?
(a) MacDonald has his arms amputated during the Korean War.
(b) MacDonald is the first to climb all the fourteeners of Colorado.
(c) MacDonald loses his limbs in a hiking accident.
(d) MacDonald is a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon.

3. Considering Ralston's risky adventures, how does he see himself dying?
(a) Abruptly, such as in a fall.
(b) On his death bed, due to natural causes.
(c) A slow death, such as his current predicament.
(d) Jumping a cliff on skis.

4. Mark teaches Aron what skills for future climbing adventures?
(a) Avalanche awareness, orienteering, and what to do during predator encounters.
(b) Rock climbing, wilderness first aid, and rope work.
(c) Orienteering, rock climbing, wilderness first aid.
(d) Rock climbing, avalanche awareness, and rope work.

5. What disease does Betty contract as a child?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Polio.
(c) Rubella.
(d) Measles.

6. What does Ralston do to try and keep himself warm?
(a) Ralston puts on his Camelbak.
(b) Ralston places the Camelbak above him as a windshield.
(c) Ralston rubs his legs and arms with his hand.
(d) Ralston tucks his limbs into his clothing.

7. Once in the water, what happens to Ralston?
(a) He gets thrown into large boulders.
(b) He forgets how to swim.
(c) He gets feet caught between rocks.
(d) He gets caught in the main current.

8. What adage does Rob Cooper use to discuss with Ralston?
(a) "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
(b) "It's not over 'til it's over."
(c) "Look before you leap."
(d) "It's not what you do, it's who you are."

9. How does Ralston document his ordeal?
(a) On a digital video camera.
(b) By etching a journal into the wall.
(c) With photos on his camera.
(d) By writing in a journal.

10. During a hike at Havasupai Canyon, what happens to Ralston near Beaver Falls?
(a) Trips over the edge of a log dam and falls into nearby cacti.
(b) Falls into prickly-pear cacti.
(c) Swims into a beaver lodge and encounters angry tenants.
(d) Falls into the river and almost drowns.

11. John Griffith is known to head for what destination?
(a) Blue John Canyon.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Lee's Ferry.
(d) Roost Canyon.

12. In Spring of 2002, Ralston quits Intel to do what?
(a) Finish climbing all the "fourteeners".
(b) Move to the Andes.
(c) Climb Everest.
(d) Climb Denali.

13. As a raft guide, Ralston takes his friends on a night trip to what canyon?
(a) Brown's Canyon.
(b) Mary Jane Rapids.
(c) Charlie's Canyon.
(d) Colorado River.

14. What does Ralston realize about his pinned limb?
(a) Ralston still has feelings in it.
(b) The limb is no longer salvageable.
(c) The limb can still be saved if the chockstone is carefully removed.
(d) The limb can still move.

15. Near the halfway point of the canyon, Ralston must rappel down what?
(a) The Deep Gulch.
(b) The Long Fall.
(c) The Big Ditch.
(d) The Big Drop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ralston make out of the elastic tubing insulation from his Camelbak?

2. What causes Ralston's left hand to swell?

3. What is the "sun salute"?

4. Ralston decides to amputate his limb. What does he first use to try to make a tourniquet?

5. Where does Ralston find work in Aspen?

(see the answer keys)

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