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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Detrital Wash.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had left Chris a $40,000 inheritance for his school?
(a) A wealthy uncle.
(b) A former employer.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) A friend of the family.

2. Why is the Stampede Trail still in use?
(a) It runs along side of the Alaska Pipeline.
(b) People use it to hike to Mt. McKinley.
(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.

3. 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.

4. What did Chris tell Gallien his plans were?
(a) To hike as far north as he could go.
(b) To walk into the wilderness near Denali National Park to live off the land for several months.
(c) To write a book like Thoreau.
(d) To hike from Mt. McKinley to the Gulf of Mexico.

5. Where did Krakaeur meet Westerberg?
(a) In the Daily News in Carthage.
(b) At his house in Carthage.
(c) At a Texaco station in Carthage.
(d) In the Caberet in Carthage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Krakauer classify Chris as opposed to the way most people saw him?

2. Still calling himself by another name, Chris met two drifters who befriend him. Who were they?

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

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

5. Why did Chris write in his journal that hiking around Lake Meade was a mistake?

(see the answer key)

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