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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Virginia Beach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tone of Krakauer's book?
(a) Angry.
(b) Defiant.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Compassionate.

2. Where did Jim Gallien first encounter Chris?
(a) In a cheap cafe on the outskirts of Fairbanks.
(b) Hitchhiking about four miles outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.
(c) In the library at Fairbanks, Alaska.
(d) In a hardware store in Fairbanks, Alaska.

3. What human contact did Chris have as he hikeed West from Lake Mead?
(a) People in a small village.
(b) Men working on an oil drilling rig.
(c) A few vagabonds and some law officers.
(d) A troop of Boy Scouts.

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

5. What did Chris do the summer after his sophomore year in college?
(a) He worked in a garage to make money to buy his Datsun.
(b) He spent the entire summer with his sister, Carine.
(c) He returned to Annandale and wrote a flawless software program.
(d) He took a cross country hike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krakauer suggest shows that Chris was not mentally ill?

2. In regards to family, how do Ruess and Chris compare?

3. What work did Chris (Alex) do while he stayed with Jan and Bob at The Slabs?

4. What was in the McCandless house that speaks to the feelings of Walt and Billie McCandless toward Chris?

5. How did Walt and Billie McCandless learn in Chapter 4 where their son might be?

(see the answer key)

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