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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 did Walt and Billie McCandless learn in Chapter 4 where their son might be?
(a) They received a ticket issued to their son for hitchhiking near Eureka, California.
(b) They saw him on a newscast on TV.
(c) Jan Burres called them.
(d) One of Chris's high school friends got a call from Chris.

2. What trait did sports reveal in Chris?
(a) He did not take defeat well.
(b) He wanted other people to win.
(c) He was not interested in competition.
(d) He was lazy about training.

3. To whom did Chris send a postcard from Bullhead City?
(a) His sister.
(b) Jan Buress.
(c) His ex-girlfriend.
(d) Westerberg.

4. What was Chris's plan for after college that he did not tell his family?
(a) He planed to go live in Mexico.
(b) He planed to marry a girl his parents did not approve of.
(c) He planed to commit suicide.
(d) He planed to go on an indefinite road trip.

5. Who did Chris meet on a trip into Salton City to get some supplies?
(a) A drifter he knew at The Slab.
(b) Westerberg, who is looking for work.
(c) A waitress at the small cafe.
(d) Ron Franz, an 80-year-old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ambitions did Jon Krakauer's father have for all of his children?

2. What effect had Chris had on Ronald Franz?

3. Why did Chris write in his journal that he had found the Magic Bus?

4. What does Carine recall that Chris loved so much?

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

(see the answer key)

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