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

2. What does Ralston attempt to make to remove the chockstone?
(a) A hammer with his blade and a rock.
(b) A lever system.
(c) A wedge.
(d) A makeshift pulley.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the leader of this gang?

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

3. To keep some form of control, what is one relatively trivial thing Ralston does?

4. John Griffith is last seen in what year?

5. What excites Ralston most when he summits Maroon Bells in the wintertime?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jack Moore connected to Butch Cassidy?

2. What missed opportunity does Ralston have to prevent his entrapment?

3. Other than the technical skills Ralston learns from his friends about the outdoors, how does Ralston use his educational background to help him in the canyon?

4. How does Ralston react spiritually to his entrapment?

5. Describe Ralston's first taping on his video recorder in the canyon.

6. What "clothing" does Ralston makeshift for himself to keep warm at night? What else does he do to stay warm from the chill?

7. Even before the expected predicament of Ralston occurs, what conversation foreshadows the eerie feeling of the canyon?

8. What does Ralston consider his morning routine and why is it important to him?

9. Although Ralston usually prepares himself before setting out on his adventures, what event(s) occur(s) at Havasupai that shows Ralston does not always look before he leaps?

10. What external events serve as a reminder to Ralston that he is lucky despite his risky adventures?

(see the answer keys)

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