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

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

3. What had Chris's mother and father offered to do after he graduated from college?
(a) Help him get a job with their Congressman.
(b) Bring him into the family business.
(c) Buy him a new car and pay for his graduate school.
(d) Give him a trip to Europe.

4. What do some people think about Chris McCandless?
(a) That he was murdered in Alaska.
(b) That he was accident prone.
(c) That he was a foolish boy who threw away his life.
(d) That he had the spirit of Daniel Boone.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Walt and Billie McCandless discover when they drive to Chris's apartment in Atlanta?

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

4. How did Walt and Billie McCandless learn in Chapter 4 where their son might be?

5. What is Krakauer's thesis about Chris?

(see the answer key)

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