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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, The Stampede Trail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a semester at UCLA and a winter in San Francisco, what did Ruess do?
(a) Keeping a journal that was published after his death.
(b) Studying photography.
(c) Looking for someone to join his nature walks.
(d) Spent the rest of his days backpacking and sleeping on the ground.

2. In what way did Chris exhibit a double standard about money?
(a) He refused to take money for the work he did, but accepted goods that probably cost as much.
(b) He borrowed money that he knew he could never repay.
(c) He now wanted to collect all the money he could to outfit himself for Alaska.
(d) He refused to let Jan drive him to pick up his last check at McDonald's.

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

4. Why does Krakauer relate his own experiences in Chapter 14?
(a) To see if he is any different now as a mature man.
(b) To prove that he had no right to write about Chris.
(c) To show his affinity with Chris.
(d) To show how he was so much better than Chris.

5. Who does Krakauer mention who had done something similar to what Chris did and survived?
(a) Thor Heidahl who sailed the Pacific in a canoe.
(b) Gene Rosellini, the Mayor of Hippie Cove.
(c) Albert Swartz, a modern day Thoreau.
(d) The first man to climb Mt. McKinley.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did Chris travel on the Stampede Trail before he located the abandoned bus?

2. Why did Chris decide to go to San Diego?

3. What prevented Jan and Bob from going to Bullhead City to pick Chris up?

4. To whom did Chris send a postcard from Bullhead City?

5. What problem did the authorities have after removing Chris's body?

(see the answer key)

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