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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, The Alaska Interior.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Krakauer answer Chris's critics?
(a) Krakauer cites several examples of marginal individuals who have died in the Alaskan wilderness, presenting the details of their cases to show that McCandless was not the typical foolish greenhorn.
(b) He shows how Chris would have survived had it not been for an accident.
(c) He challenges anyone to do it better than Chris did.
(d) He maintains that Chris knew what he was doing and almost made it.

2. When Krakauer reached an impassable place on the mountain, what did he do?
(a) There was nothing to do but descend.
(b) He started traveling horizontally on the mountain.
(c) He sat down and cried.
(d) He radioed for help.

3. What ambitions did Jon Krakauer's father have for all of his children?
(a) That they would attend Ivy League schools.
(b) That they would all enter the family business.
(c) That they would excell in sports.
(d) That they would leave home and be on their own after high school.

4. Why did Chris write in his journal that he had found the Magic Bus?
(a) Because it popped up out of nowhere.
(b) Because it reminded him of a magic flying machine.
(c) Because it saved him from having to pitch his tent.
(d) Because it was stocked with wilderness essentials by the hunters who use it during moose season.

5. How did Chris describe Charlie, the man who let him stay in a vacant mobile home?
(a) As a lunatic.
(b) As a father figure.
(c) As uneducated.
(d) As being benevolent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Krakauer tell that resembles Chris's in many ways?

2. After a series of misadventures on his way to San Diego, why did Chris call Franz?

3. Who does Krakauer mention who had done something similar to what Chris did and survived?

4. After dropping Chris off, why did Gallien decide not to notify the authorities?

5. What was Chris carrying when he met Jim Gallien?

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