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

2. What was the official verdict on the cause of death?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Lead poisoning.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Punctured lungs.

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

4. 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 mentally unbalanced.
(d) As a true hero others should look up to.

5. Why does Krakauer include a narrative about moose hunters driving off-road trucks to get to the site Chris eventually found?
(a) To explain the existence of the bus where Chris stayed.
(b) To show the difficulties even well-equipped people have in this wilderness.
(c) To put a note of optimism into the story which sustains the suspense.
(d) To provide a bit of humor against the tension of the story.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Gallien know about city people who came to do what Chris had in mind?

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

4. What questions did Chris ask Gallien that impressed the older man?

5. Where had Chris McCandless attended school and graduated with honors?

(see the answer key)

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