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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 did Chris and Ruess each do shortly before their deaths?
(a) Dig their graves.
(b) Write out a will.
(c) Burn their money.
(d) Post several letters.

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

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

4. What alias did Ruess carve on the walls of the canyon?
(a) Frost.
(b) Ahab.
(c) Nemo.
(d) Yosemite Sam.

5. What did Chris do after Westerberg was jailed?
(a) He hitchhiked to Needles, California, then walked through the desert to Topock, Arizona.
(b) He headed north to Alaska.
(c) He kept himself hidden because the police might have been looking for him.
(d) He stayed with Westerberg's family until he got out.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Chris adopt the name Alex Burres?

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

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

5. After a semester at UCLA and a winter in San Francisco, what did Ruess do?

(see the answer key)

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