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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. What is the origin of the Stampede Trail?
(a) The trail that originally led to Pilgrim's mining claims along Stampede Creek.
(b) A trail originally laid out by Virgil Stampede in the 1800s.
(c) A trail left when Stampede Creek changed its course.
(d) An old trail made by stampeding cattle.

2. What event happened in April 1992 that prompted the writing of Into The Wild?
(a) Christopher McCandless disappeared and no one ever knew what happened to him.
(b) Christopher McCandless hitchhiked to Alaska and entered the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley and four months later, a party of hunters found his body.
(c) An 80-year-old man called OUTSIDE Magazine to tell them about Chris McCandless.
(d) There was a volcano that killed a young man named Christopher McCandless.

3. What did Butch Killian want to do when he arrived on the bus scene where Chris had died?
(a) He wanted to contact the state police to come and remove the body.
(b) He wanted to burn the bus to rid it of the smell.
(c) He wanted to contact the media because it was a great story.
(d) He wanted to form a search party to see if there was anyone else with the dead boy.

4. What was Chris carrying when he met Jim Gallien?
(a) A plastic bag of groceries.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A small dog.
(d) A battered canoe.

5. How did Chris introduce himself to Gallien?
(a) As Bill Cody.
(b) As Alex, refusing to give a last name.
(c) As Wayne Westerberg.
(d) As a botonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what famous landmark did Chris McCandless die?

2. What appears to be Krakauer's main motive in writing Into The Wild?

3. Where did Chris McCandless come from?

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

5. What did Krakauer include in the book besides events he uncovered from the life of Chris McCandless?

(see the answer key)

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