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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 is the tone of Krakauer's book?
(a) Angry.
(b) Defiant.
(c) Compassionate.
(d) Fearful.

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

3. 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 hike from Mt. McKinley to the Gulf of Mexico.
(d) To write a book like Thoreau.

4. What event happened in April 1992 that prompted the writing of Into The Wild?
(a) There was a volcano that killed a young man named Christopher McCandless.
(b) Christopher McCandless hitchhiked to Alaska and entered the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley and four months later, a party of hunters found his body.
(c) Christopher McCandless disappeared and no one ever knew what happened to him.
(d) An 80-year-old man called OUTSIDE Magazine to tell them about Chris McCandless.

5. What message did Chris leave taped to the door of the bus?
(a) That he was near death.
(b) That he had staked a claim on this bus.
(c) That visitors were welcome.
(d) That he would return in an hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Christ steal a bicycle in Northern California?

2. What strange actions did Chris take right after graduating college?

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

4. What news seriously alarmed Jan Burres?

5. What device does Krakauer use to open Chapter 1 and subsequent chapters?

(see the answer key)

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