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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. How does Ralston view his trances?
(a) He finds them comforting.
(b) He believes they take time away from survival techniques in the real world.
(c) He finds it frustrating to be able to see yet not participate with his friends.
(d) He feels a little frightful with the ghosts.

2. Between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, what does Ralston etch into the wall?
(a) "ARON OCT 75, MAY 03 RIP."
(b) "I lived until I died."
(c) "ARON OCT 75, APR 03 RIP."
(d) "RIP ARON, APR 30, 03."

3. How does Ralston use his rope bag to keep warm?
(a) He ties it around his torso.
(b) He wraps it around his shoulders like a shawl.
(c) He places it over his head.
(d) He draws his legs into it to keep them warm.

4. By what time is the first helicopter on the lookout for Ralston?
(a) 1:30 P.M.
(b) 2:00 P.M.
(c) 2:50 P.M.
(d) 11:30 A.M.

5. Ralston compares his freedom to being born again, but with what important difference?
(a) He feels a sense of accomplishment from making it happen.
(b) He now knows the values of family and friends.
(c) He is coming from a dry desolate place this time.
(d) He is not vulnerable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ralston do with his urine before he sips on it?

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

3. What is Ralston's last trance that makes him believe he survives?

4. What is Ralston most careful not to cut until the end of the amputation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Elliot's role in the search for Ralston?

2. Other than taste, what other factors does Ralston have to consider when deciding on whether to drink his urine?

3. Sleepless in the canyon, Ralston is reminded of what other occasion in his life and why?

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

5. According to Ralston's perspective, what is happening to time?

6. How does Steve Patchett help with the search from New Mexico?

7. What characteristics of Ralston returns once safe in the helicopter and hospital?

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

9. How does Ralston survive a night outside in a whiteout storm?

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

(see the answer keys)

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