1. What strange actions did Chris take right after graduating college?
(a) He shot his father and spent the next three years on the run from the police.
(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 gave away his entire savings to charity, abandoned his possessions, and became a drifter and wilderness explorer.

2. What problem did the authorities have after removing Chris's body?
(a) Identifying him.
(b) Keeping the body frozen.
(c) Getting the body to Fairbanks.
(d) Finding enough tissue to autopsy.

3. What did Gallien notice about Chris's boots?
(a) They were lightweight and not waterproof.
(b) They were too large for his feet.
(c) They were old and ripped out at the seams.
(d) They were designed for mountain climbing.

4. Why was author Jon Krakauer interested in writing Chris's story?
(a) Krakauer identifies with McCandless's attraction to nature and to high-risk activities, and also understands the young man's troubled relationship with his father.
(b) Krakauer recognized that Chris's story would be a sure-fire best seller and be made into a movie.
(c) Krakauer wanted to pass judgement on Chris in the hopes of preventing another young man from doing the same.
(d) Krakauer had nothing better to do at the time and thought he would enjoy visiting all the places Chris had gone.

5. What did Krakauer include in the book besides events he uncovered from the life of Chris McCandless?
(a) Some of his own experiences as a young man.
(b) Some allusions to Huckelberry Finn.
(c) Facts and figures from the U. S. Census Bureau.
(d) Adventures of several other young men.