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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Anza-Borrego.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Krakauer include so much about the McCandless family in Chapter 3?
(a) To give the reader an idea that Chris might change his mind.
(b) Just for conversation with Wayne Westerberg.
(c) To make Chris seem thoughtless and cold.
(d) To contrast them with the adoptive Westerberg family.

2. How did Chris describe Charlie, the man who let him stay in a vacant mobile home?
(a) As uneducated.
(b) As being benevolent.
(c) As a lunatic.
(d) As a father figure.

3. What did Gallien know about city people who came to do what Chris had in mind?
(a) They usually gave up after three days.
(b) They never got around to writing about their adventure.
(c) They quickly walked back to Fairbanks.
(d) Such greenhorns usually underestimated the wilderness to their own peril.

4. What did Chris do with the $24,000 he had left over from his inheritance?
(a) He gave it to his sister.
(b) He donated it to OXFAM.
(c) He gave it to UNICEF.
(d) He gave it to the Salvation Army.

5. To whom did Chris send a postcard from Bullhead City?
(a) Westerberg.
(b) His sister.
(c) Jan Buress.
(d) His ex-girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Tolstoy book was found inside the bus?

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

3. What did Chris make at Franz's house?

4. What steps did Walt and Billie take to find Chris?

5. Who did Chris meet on a trip into Salton City to get some supplies?

(see the answer key)

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