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

2. Why did Christ steal a bicycle in Northern California?
(a) The man he worked for refused to pay him.
(b) He was delirious at the time and did not know what he was doing.
(c) He had always wanted a bike like that.
(d) He intended to return and pay for it.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Still calling himself by another name, Chris met two drifters who befriend him. Who were they?

2. What steps did Walt and Billie take to find Chris?

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

4. When Krakauer was at the mountain he came to climb, what enhanced his emotions?

5. What news seriously alarmed Jan Burres?

(see the answer key)

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