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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 message did Chris leave taped to the door of the bus?
(a) That visitors were welcome.
(b) That he had staked a claim on this bus.
(c) That he was near death.
(d) That he would return in an hour.

2. Why does Krakauer include a narrative about moose hunters driving off-road trucks to get to the site Chris eventually found?
(a) To explain the existence of the bus where Chris stayed.
(b) To put a note of optimism into the story which sustains the suspense.
(c) To provide a bit of humor against the tension of the story.
(d) To show the difficulties even well-equipped people have in this wilderness.

3. What did Gallien notice about Chris's boots?
(a) They were lightweight and not waterproof.
(b) They were old and ripped out at the seams.
(c) They were too large for his feet.
(d) They were designed for mountain climbing.

4. Where did Chris's canoe trip eventually take him after going as far as he could down the Colorado River?
(a) He ended up staying with a Mexican family for six weeks.
(b) Some duck hunters agreed to drive him to the Gulf of California.
(c) He headed South and ended up in Acapulco.
(d) He retraced his way back upstream.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Chris adopt the name Alex Burres?

3. What device does Krakauer use to open Chapter 1 and subsequent chapters?

4. Why did Krakauer include so much about the McCandless family in Chapter 3?

5. In October of 1990, National Park Ranger, what did Bud Walsh discover?

(see the answer key)

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