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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. What is Davis Gulch?
(a) A watery oasis in the midst of southern Utah.
(b) A valley that has only one way in and out.
(c) An extension of the Grand Canyon.
(d) A cattle passage through western Utah.

2. What daunting challenge did Krakauer set for himself as a young man?
(a) To prove that he is always right.
(b) To ski down Mt. McKinley.
(c) To scale a mountain called the Devils Thumb alone.
(d) To find out how much terror he can stand.

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 troop of Boy Scouts.
(d) A few vagabonds and some law officers.

4. What did Chris realize after he decided to abandon his once beloved Datsun?
(a) That he missed his family and wanted to go home.
(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 was free from material possessions that tie him down.

5. When Krakauer reached an impassable place on the mountain, what did he do?
(a) There was nothing to do but descend.
(b) He started traveling horizontally on the mountain.
(c) He sat down and cried.
(d) He radioed for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Krakauer do similar to what Chris did when he needed to go to the village of Petersberg?

2. What group of Irish aesthetics does Krakauer include in Chapter 9?

3. What did Chris and Ruess each do shortly before their deaths?

4. Why did Chris adopt the name Alex Burres?

5. What did Chris do after Westerberg was jailed?

(see the answer key)

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