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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. 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 not very different from many idealistic, if short-sighted, young people.
(c) As a true hero others should look up to.
(d) As mentally unbalanced.

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

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

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

5. What message did Chris leave taped to the door of the bus?
(a) That he would return in an hour.
(b) That he had staked a claim on this bus.
(c) That visitors were welcome.
(d) That he was near death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jim Gallien first encounter Chris?

2. Near what famous landmark did Chris McCandless die?

3. What is the tone of Krakauer's book?

4. What did Gallien notice about Chris's boots?

5. Why was author Jon Krakauer interested in writing Chris's story?

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