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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adam Crider find out from Ralston's debit card?
(a) His last purchase is in Moab.
(b) Ralston does not use his debit card on his trip.
(c) The last activity is on Friday of the previous week.
(d) His last purchase is in Green River.

2. On day four, Ralston passes time by doing what?
(a) Chipping away the chockstone.
(b) Listening to his Phish CD.
(c) Reminiscing about old times and friends to the video camera.
(d) Etching games of tic-tac-toe on the wall.

3. What does the dispatcher fail to tell those that file Ralston's missing persons report?
(a) What areas the police begin their search.
(b) Ralston is not missing long enough to begin a search immediately.
(c) That it is up to them to notify Ralston's parents.
(d) The itinerary of the search plan.

4. What does Ralston dub his new goal after finishing all the fourteeners in Colorado during summertime?
(a) Winter fourteens.
(b) Top 100.
(c) The Centennial State.
(d) Thirteeners.

5. On the Saturday Ralston gets trapped, what does he plan to check out during the hike?
(a) Petroglyphs.
(b) Photo opportunities of sunsets.
(c) Future mountain biking trails.
(d) Natural bridges.

6. Once rescued and stabilized, where does Ralston meet his mother?
(a) A clinic in Green River.
(b) A hospital in Grand Junction.
(c) A hospital in Denver.
(d) A hospital in Moab.

7. What is Ralston's mother's immediate reaction to the phone call informing her that her son is missing?
(a) Emotional distress.
(b) Calm rationalness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Helplessness.

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

9. What promising information does Jason Halladay provide?
(a) He verifies the Holy Cross trip is cancelled.
(b) Ralston's canyon interests from a past email.
(c) The correct vehicle information needed.
(d) More contact information.

10. When getting too confident at Slick Rock Trail, what happens to Ralston?
(a) He gets stuck on a climb and has to retreat and reroute himself.
(b) He slams into a sand trap face forward.
(c) In the middle of hopping between boulders, he slips into a crack and rolls his ankle.
(d) He falls head first into a snow pile when trying to show off on his skis.

11. What is different about his last trance compared to all the other previous trances?
(a) Ralston is an active participant in the last trance.
(b) Ralston is able to control the direction on his own without a guide.
(c) Ralston feels he is present in both planes, the imaginary and the reality.
(d) Ralston is able to speak with the people he sees.

12. What does Ralston do with his urine before he sips on it?
(a) He mixes it with what water is left to dilute the urine taste.
(b) He smells it.
(c) He filters it through his sock to separate the coarser sediments.
(d) He distills and decants the sediments.

13. During one of Ralston's attempt to amputate his arm, how does he react to the puncture?
(a) He compares it to a dissection from school days.
(b) He cannot feel the pain, so continues to try and cut the bones.
(c) He panics and finishes off his water by pouring it over his wound.
(d) He puts himself into shock.

14. More than the pain in Ralston's arm, what bothers him on his hike out of the canyon?
(a) The sand collecting in his shoes.
(b) The constant talking of the hikers who are with him.
(c) The swirling water in his stomach.
(d) The sun.

15. Who is the original Aspen Police contact Brian and Mrs. Ralston work with to find Ralston?
(a) Jason Halladay.
(b) Dan Heinrich.
(c) Eric Ross.
(d) Adam Crider.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the two hikers Ralston meets earlier on Saturday leave the canyon, what happens that makes one of them think Ralston is already gone?

2. What do Brad and Leah determine when they do not see Ralston in Utah?

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

4. How does Ralston view his trances?

5. Between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, what does Ralston etch into the wall?

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