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

2. What does Leona assume when she does not see Ralston at her going away party?
(a) Ralston does not like her so does not care to say goodbye.
(b) That he is too tired for a party and decides to sleep elsewhere.
(c) Ralston is going straight to work from his vacation.
(d) That something is wrong, but she has to wait 24 hours to be sure.

3. During Ralston's predicament when surveying a ski race route, what does he have to do?
(a) Click out and carry his skis.
(b) Make a snow cave and wait for five hours until safe.
(c) Drag an ice axe onto bare rock during a fall.
(d) Climb a tree and wait for three hours until safe.

4. As the two hikers Ralston meets earlier on Saturday leave the canyon, what happens that makes one of them think Ralston is already gone?
(a) They know they have a longer hike out than Ralston does.
(b) They come out of the canyon late and do not see Ralston's bike.
(c) They do not see Ralston's truck at the parking lot.
(d) It is already sunset.

5. By Tuesday evening, who calls the police to file a missing persons report.
(a) Brian and Joe.
(b) Ralston's parents.
(c) Brian and Leona.
(d) Brad and Leah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ralston imagine hell to be like?

2. What does Adam Crider find out from Ralston's debit card?

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

4. What causes Ralston to have an erratic heartbeat and sunken eyes?

5. More than the pain in Ralston's arm, what bothers him on his hike out of the canyon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe common themes in Ralston's memories.

5. Describe the sequence of events the leads to locating Ralston's truck.

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

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

8. How does Donna react to Brian's initial phone call? How does her reaction compare to Ralston's characteristics?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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