1. What strange actions did Chris take right after graduating college?
(a) He gave away his entire savings to charity, abandoned his possessions, and became a drifter and wilderness explorer.
(b) He gave his car to his sister and took a bicycle to New York where he went to work on a merchant ship.
(c) He began a backpack trip that he hoped would eventually take him around the world.
(d) He shot his father and spent the next three years on the run from the police.

2. What did Gallien know about city people who came to do what Chris had in mind?
(a) They usually gave up after three days.
(b) They never got around to writing about their adventure.
(c) They quickly walked back to Fairbanks.
(d) Such greenhorns usually underestimated the wilderness to their own peril.

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

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

5. What problem did Killian have in contacting the authorities?
(a) The ice broke on the river and left it more than a hundred yards wide.
(b) His vehicle broke down and it took hours to fix.
(c) The other people did not want him to contact the troopers because they did not want to get involved.
(d) It was difficult to find a place where radio signals could get through.