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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Chesapeake Beach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Jon Krakauer interview Walt McCandless?
(a) A year after Chris died.
(b) Seven weeks after Chris's body was recovered.
(c) On what would have been Chris's birthday.
(d) Never. He would not speak with Krakauer.

2. What problem did the authorities have after removing Chris's body?
(a) Identifying him.
(b) Keeping the body frozen.
(c) Getting the body to Fairbanks.
(d) Finding enough tissue to autopsy.

3. What news seriously alarmed Jan Burres?
(a) That Alex might be a serial killer.
(b) That Alex never intended to see any of his family again.
(c) That Alex had burned the last of his money when he abandoned his car.
(d) That Alex was wanted by the Nevada police.

4. Still calling himself by another name, Chris met two drifters who befriend him. Who were they?
(a) Betty Burres and her father Edgar.
(b) Jane Burres and her nephew Fred.
(c) Jan Burres and her boyfriend Bob.
(d) Martha Burres and her son Tom.

5. What feat did Waterman achieve in 1978?
(a) He jumped out of a plane and parachuetted to the top of Mt. Hunter.
(b) He climbed Mt. Hunter's southeast spur on his own.
(c) He walked from Washington, D. C. to San Francisco.
(d) He swam the English Channel in record time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the official verdict on the cause of death?

2. How did Chris get to San Francisco?

3. Why did Chris write in his journal that hiking around Lake Meade was a mistake?

4. How do Waterman and Chris differ?

5. Why did Chris adopt the name Alex Burres?

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