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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. What work did Chris (Alex) do while he stayed with Jan and Bob at The Slabs?
(a) Making hamburgers that he learned how to do at McDonald's.
(b) Digging ditches.
(c) Acting as a security gurad.
(d) Selling in their fleamarket books stall.

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

3. 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) To contrast them with the adoptive Westerberg family.
(c) To make Chris seem thoughtless and cold.
(d) Just for conversation with Wayne Westerberg.

4. Why did the employees at McDonald's object to Chris?
(a) His poor hygiene.
(b) His being a loner.
(c) His bad attitude.
(d) His long hair.

5. Why did Chris write in his journal that hiking around Lake Meade was a mistake?
(a) The heat was so intense that he became delirious.
(b) It was much larger than he anticipated.
(c) There were no people anywhere around the lake.
(d) He had not been in a town where he could buy new boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Chris adopt the name Alex Burres?

2. Why is the Stampede Trail still in use?

3. How did Chris describe Charlie, the man who let him stay in a vacant mobile home?

4. In what way did Chris exhibit a double standard about money?

5. What happened when the moose hunters got to the bus where they plan to camp out?

(see the answer key)

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