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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Bullhead City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Chris introduce himself to Gallien?
(a) As Alex, refusing to give a last name.
(b) As a botonist.
(c) As Bill Cody.
(d) As Wayne Westerberg.

2. What item of clothing did Chris seem to abhor?
(a) Socks.
(b) Jeans.
(c) Uniforms.
(d) Neckties.

3. Who had left Chris a $40,000 inheritance for his school?
(a) A former employer.
(b) A wealthy uncle.
(c) A friend of the family.
(d) His grandmother.

4. What is the origin of the Stampede Trail?
(a) An old trail made by stampeding cattle.
(b) A trail originally laid out by Virgil Stampede in the 1800s.
(c) A trail left when Stampede Creek changed its course.
(d) The trail that originally led to Pilgrim's mining claims along Stampede Creek.

5. What did Gallien know about city people who came to do what Chris had in mind?
(a) They usually gave up after three days.
(b) Such greenhorns usually underestimated the wilderness to their own peril.
(c) They quickly walked back to Fairbanks.
(d) They never got around to writing about their adventure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What human contact did Chris have as he hikeed West from Lake Mead?

2. How does Chapter 1 begin?

3. What did Chris realize after he decided to abandon his once beloved Datsun?

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

5. What was Chris's plan for after college that he did not tell his family?

(see the answer key)

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