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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. What did Butch Killian want to do when he arrived on the bus scene where Chris had died?
(a) He wanted to form a search party to see if there was anyone else with the dead boy.
(b) He wanted to burn the bus to rid it of the smell.
(c) He wanted to contact the state police to come and remove the body.
(d) He wanted to contact the media because it was a great story.

2. How long did Chris survive in that hostile environment?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Almost a year.
(d) Sixteen weeks.

3. Where did Chris's canoe trip eventually take him after going as far as he could down the Colorado River?
(a) He ended up staying with a Mexican family for six weeks.
(b) He headed South and ended up in Acapulco.
(c) Some duck hunters agreed to drive him to the Gulf of California.
(d) He retraced his way back upstream.

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

5. In October of 1990, National Park Ranger, what did Bud Walsh discover?
(a) A rifle that had been buried.
(b) Chris's old yellow Datsun that had been abandoned.
(c) Evidence of a camp in a restricted area.
(d) A backpack with $123 stuffed inside it.

Short Answer Questions

1. After dropping Chris off, why did Gallien decide not to notify the authorities?

2. Where did Chris live while he was in Carthage?

3. What event happened in April 1992 that prompted the writing of Into The Wild?

4. Where did Chris meet Wayne Westerberg?

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

(see the answer key)

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