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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. What location description is given to the dispatcher to describe Ralston's most likely whereabouts?
(a) Moab area.
(b) Utah.
(c) Goblin Valley.
(d) Canyonlands National Park.

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

3. How does Steve from the Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Council help?
(a) He becomes the New Mexico contact person to avoid further confusion.
(b) He drives to Colorado to help with the search.
(c) He becomes the contact person to communicate with Ralston's mother.
(d) He maps out possible locations in Utah and volunteers time to search.

4. What is Ralston most careful not to cut until the end of the amputation?
(a) The veins.
(b) The muscle tissues.
(c) The tendon.
(d) The arteries and nerves.

5. How do you describe Ralston's personality?
(a) Spiritual and emotional.
(b) Spontaneous but shy.
(c) Technical and rational.
(d) Emotionally adventurous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ralston do to conserve his water supply on his hike out?

2. What are Donna and Ann working on back in Denver?

3. By Tuesday evening, who calls the police to file a missing persons report.

4. Who does he meet on his hike out of the canyon?

5. What is different on Thursday morning than from all of Ralston's other mornings in the canyon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What symptoms does Ralston observe about his body and mind that shows signs of dehydration and lack of sleep?

2. How does Emery County know to send a helicopter even before they find Ralston?

3. Summarize the two hikers' weekend after they leave Ralston in the canyon, right before his entrapment. Note the circumstances that affects the timing of Ralston's rescue.

4. What does Ralston realize about his arm that causes him to panic and wildly thrash around trying to free himself?

5. As time continues in the canyon, what does Ralston's water supply mean to him?

6. Describe the conditions of the Elk Mountains Grand Traverse race and what complications it causes the racers.

7. What is Ralston's agenda between leaving his house on Spruce Street on Thursday and the Saturday he becomes trapped in the canyon?

8. Once Ralston is missing, how does his friends handle the situation?

9. How does Ralston's trances help him?

10. From Ralston's perspective, what significance is there in knowing what his friends are doing during his entrapment?

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