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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, The Stikine Ice Cap.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In regards to family, how do Ruess and Chris compare?
(a) Like Chris, Ruess felt his family supported his travels.
(b) They both were alienated from their families.
(c) Ruess seemed to be on good relations with his family unlike Chris.
(d) Ruess and Chris both missed their families as they traveled.

2. What news seriously alarmed Jan Burres?
(a) That Alex was wanted by the Nevada police.
(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 might be a serial killer.

3. What group of Irish aesthetics does Krakauer include in Chapter 9?
(a) The papar.
(b) The Celtic travelers.
(c) St Patrick monks.
(d) The highlanders.

4. What did Chris realize after he decided to abandon his once beloved Datsun?
(a) That he was free from material possessions that tie him down.
(b) That it would be impossible to continue without a car.
(c) That he needed better hiking shoes since he was now walking.
(d) That he missed his family and wanted to go home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In October of 1990, National Park Ranger, what did Bud Walsh discover?

2. What does Ruess's biographer, Ken Sleight, believe happened to Ruess?

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

4. Where did Chris's canoe trip eventually take him after going as far as he could down the Colorado River?

5. What similar classic books are favorites of Ruess and Chris?

(see the answer key)

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