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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 tone of Krakauer's book?
(a) Defiant.
(b) Angry.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Compassionate.

2. Where did Chris intend to hike?
(a) The Stampede Trail, a faint track in the wilderness well off the beaten path.
(b) Southwestward into Canada.
(c) Along the Alaskan Pipeline.
(d) Where no one had ever gone before.

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

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

5. Why is the Stampede Trail still in use?
(a) People use it to hike to Mt. McKinley.
(b) It runs along side of the Alaska Pipeline.
(c) Campers and hunters keep using it instead of making a new one.
(d) In the early 1960s, the trail was upgraded by Yutan Construction to an actual roadway.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chapter 1 begin?

2. What does Krakauer think might have made the difference in Chris's survival?

3. What did Gallien think about Chris's weapon?

4. What is Krakauer's thesis about Chris?

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

(see the answer key)

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