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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Stampede Trail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near what famous landmark did Chris McCandless die?
(a) Mt. McKinley.
(b) Mt. Rushmore.
(c) Mt. St. Helens.
(d) Old Faithful.

2. How does Krakauer classify Chris as opposed to the way most people saw him?
(a) As a classic example of a true Robinson Crusoe.
(b) As a true hero others should look up to.
(c) As mentally unbalanced.
(d) As not very different from many idealistic, if short-sighted, young people.

3. How does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) With a letter Chris writes to his sister.
(b) With a postcard written by McCandless, addressed to Wayne Westerberg in Carthage, South Dakota.
(c) With a conversation Chris has with an Inuit.
(d) With a description of the Alaskan wildeerness.

4. Why was author Jon Krakauer interested in writing Chris's story?
(a) Krakauer identifies with McCandless's attraction to nature and to high-risk activities, and also understands the young man's troubled relationship with his father.
(b) Krakauer had nothing better to do at the time and thought he would enjoy visiting all the places Chris had gone.
(c) Krakauer recognized that Chris's story would be a sure-fire best seller and be made into a movie.
(d) Krakauer wanted to pass judgement on Chris in the hopes of preventing another young man from doing the same.

5. What problem did the authorities have after removing Chris's body?
(a) Finding enough tissue to autopsy.
(b) Getting the body to Fairbanks.
(c) Keeping the body frozen.
(d) Identifying him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Krakauer's thesis about Chris?

3. How did Chris introduce himself to Gallien?

4. What do some people think about Chris McCandless?

5. What did Butch Killian want to do when he arrived on the bus scene where Chris had died?

(see the answer key)

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