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

2. Where did Chris's canoe trip eventually take him after going as far as he could down the Colorado River?
(a) He headed South and ended up in Acapulco.
(b) Some duck hunters agreed to drive him to the Gulf of California.
(c) He retraced his way back upstream.
(d) He ended up staying with a Mexican family for six weeks.

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

4. Why did Chris write in his journal that hiking around Lake Meade was a mistake?
(a) He had not been in a town where he could buy new boots.
(b) It was much larger than he anticipated.
(c) The heat was so intense that he became delirious.
(d) There were no people anywhere around the lake.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What alias did Ruess carve on the walls of the canyon?

3. What is Davis Gulch?

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

5. Why did Chris adopt the name Alex Burres?

(see the answer key)

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