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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Anza-Borrego.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prevented Jan and Bob from going to Bullhead City to pick Chris up?
(a) Their mobile home broke down.
(b) A series of freak desert storms.
(c) Information that they were wanted by the police.
(d) He arrived at their door before they could leave.

2. At what point did Chris stop writing in his journal?
(a) When it had no more blank pages.
(b) When he decided that no one would ever read it.
(c) When his camera was ruined and he buried it outside of Vegas.
(d) When it accidentally fell into his campfire one night.

3. In October of 1990, National Park Ranger, what did Bud Walsh discover?
(a) A rifle that had been buried.
(b) Evidence of a camp in a restricted area.
(c) A backpack with $123 stuffed inside it.
(d) Chris's old yellow Datsun that had been abandoned.

4. Why did Christ steal a bicycle in Northern California?
(a) He was delirious at the time and did not know what he was doing.
(b) The man he worked for refused to pay him.
(c) He intended to return and pay for it.
(d) He had always wanted a bike like that.

5. What effect had Chris had on Ronald Franz?
(a) He became an alcoholic.
(b) He sold his possessions and lived in a mobile camper.
(c) He started taking in every drifter he saw.
(d) He started going back to church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Krakauer's message by using the details of the moose hunter's trip to the bus?

2. What is the origin of the Stampede Trail?

3. What appears to be Krakauer's main motive in writing Into The Wild?

4. Where did Krakaeur meet Westerberg?

5. What did Chris do on frequent visits to Franz's apartment in Salton City?

(see the answer key)

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