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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Bullhead City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What device does Krakauer use to open Chapter 1 and subsequent chapters?
(a) A skull and cross bones.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A drawing.
(d) A quotation.

2. Why does Krakauer include a narrative about moose hunters driving off-road trucks to get to the site Chris eventually found?
(a) To show the difficulties even well-equipped people have in this wilderness.
(b) To explain the existence of the bus where Chris stayed.
(c) To provide a bit of humor against the tension of the story.
(d) To put a note of optimism into the story which sustains the suspense.

3. How long did Chris survive in that hostile environment?
(a) Almost a year.
(b) Sixteen weeks.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two weeks.

4. What had Chris's mother and father offered to do after he graduated from college?
(a) Give him a trip to Europe.
(b) Bring him into the family business.
(c) Buy him a new car and pay for his graduate school.
(d) Help him get a job with their Congressman.

5. Why did Krakauer include so much about the McCandless family in Chapter 3?
(a) Just for conversation with Wayne Westerberg.
(b) To make Chris seem thoughtless and cold.
(c) To contrast them with the adoptive Westerberg family.
(d) To give the reader an idea that Chris might change his mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when the moose hunters got to the bus where they plan to camp out?

2. Where did Jim Gallien first encounter Chris?

3. At what point did Chris stop writing in his journal?

4. What did Chris do with the $24,000 he had left over from his inheritance?

5. Who had left Chris a $40,000 inheritance for his school?

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