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

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

3. Where did Chris live while he was in Carthage?
(a) At the YMCA.
(b) In a tack room.
(c) In a cheap boarding house.
(d) In the Westerberg home.

4. What problem did Killian have in contacting the authorities?
(a) The other people did not want him to contact the troopers because they did not want to get involved.
(b) It was difficult to find a place where radio signals could get through.
(c) His vehicle broke down and it took hours to fix.
(d) The ice broke on the river and left it more than a hundred yards wide.

5. What Tolstoy book was found inside the bus?
(a) The Gulag Archipeliago.
(b) Family Happiness.
(c) The Cherry Orchard.
(d) War and Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chris do with the $24,000 he had left over from his inheritance?

2. What is Krakauer's thesis about Chris?

3. At what point did Chris stop writing in his journal?

4. What work did Chris (Alex) do while he stayed with Jan and Bob at The Slabs?

5. What had Chris's mother and father offered to do after he graduated from college?

(see the answer key)

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