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

2. Where did Jim Gallien first encounter Chris?
(a) Hitchhiking about four miles outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.
(b) In the library at Fairbanks, Alaska.
(c) In a cheap cafe on the outskirts of Fairbanks.
(d) In a hardware store in Fairbanks, Alaska.

3. What Tolstoy book was found inside the bus?
(a) The Cherry Orchard.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) Family Happiness.
(d) The Gulag Archipeliago.

4. What comment does Krakauer make about Chris's fondness for Jack London?
(a) That Chris did not recognize London's lifestyle was different from the people he wrote about.
(b) That London's books had all been proven to be false.
(c) That London had never actually been in Alaska.
(d) That London lectured against doing exactly what Chris was doing.

5. Still calling himself by another name, Chris met two drifters who befriend him. Who were they?
(a) Betty Burres and her father Edgar.
(b) Martha Burres and her son Tom.
(c) Jan Burres and her boyfriend Bob.
(d) Jane Burres and her nephew Fred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Chris carrying when he met Jim Gallien?

2. How had Chris already been separating himself from his family?

3. What did Chris do after Westerberg was jailed?

4. At which stop did Chris remain for the longest time?

5. What had Chris's mother and father offered to do after he graduated from college?

(see the answer key)

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