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

2. What did Butch Killian want to do when he arrived on the bus scene where Chris had died?
(a) He wanted to form a search party to see if there was anyone else with the dead boy.
(b) He wanted to burn the bus to rid it of the smell.
(c) He wanted to contact the media because it was a great story.
(d) He wanted to contact the state police to come and remove the body.

3. What did Westerberg give Chris?
(a) A pair of rubber boots.
(b) A ride to Alaska.
(c) A job on his combine crew.
(d) A meal and a room for the night.

4. What was the official verdict on the cause of death?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Lead poisoning.
(d) Punctured lungs.

5. Why did Krakauer include so much about the McCandless family in Chapter 3?
(a) Just for conversation with Wayne Westerberg.
(b) To make Chris seem thoughtless and cold.
(c) To contrast them with the adoptive Westerberg family.
(d) To give the reader an idea that Chris might change his mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Chris describe Charlie, the man who let him stay in a vacant mobile home?

2. What problem did Killian have in contacting the authorities?

3. How did Chris introduce himself to Gallien?

4. What is The Slabs?

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

(see the answer key)

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