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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. After dropping Chris off, why did Gallien decide not to notify the authorities?
(a) He promised he would not do that.
(b) He planned to return to check up on Chris.
(c) It slipped his mind after he got back to town.
(d) He decided Chris would give up on his foolish plan soon enough.

2. How does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) With a description of the Alaskan wildeerness.
(b) With a letter Chris writes to his sister.
(c) With a postcard written by McCandless, addressed to Wayne Westerberg in Carthage, South Dakota.
(d) With a conversation Chris has with an Inuit.

3. What did Chris tell Gallien his plans were?
(a) To hike from Mt. McKinley to the Gulf of Mexico.
(b) To write a book like Thoreau.
(c) To hike as far north as he could go.
(d) To walk into the wilderness near Denali National Park to live off the land for several months.

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) It was much larger than he anticipated.
(c) He had not been in a town where he could buy new boots.
(d) There were no people anywhere around the lake.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Chris intend to hike?

2. What is Krakauer's message by using the details of the moose hunter's trip to the bus?

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

4. What problem did the authorities have after removing Chris's body?

5. What is Krakauer's thesis about Chris?

(see the answer key)

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