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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Alaska.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food was Chris extremely fond of?
(a) Grilled cheese.
(b) Broccoli.
(c) Hotdogs.
(d) Rice.

2. How does Krakauer answer Chris's critics?
(a) Krakauer cites several examples of marginal individuals who have died in the Alaskan wilderness, presenting the details of their cases to show that McCandless was not the typical foolish greenhorn.
(b) He challenges anyone to do it better than Chris did.
(c) He shows how Chris would have survived had it not been for an accident.
(d) He maintains that Chris knew what he was doing and almost made it.

3. What was the similar experience that led to both of these stories of drop out and adventure?
(a) Both of them had issues with their family life.
(b) Both of them were classical musicians.
(c) Both of them graduated from Emory University.
(d) Both of them drove Yellow Datsons.

4. How were Chris's ideals defined in his own mind?
(a) They were defined by the poetry of E.E. cummings.
(b) They were defined by the works of Phillip Roth and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) He valued chastity and moral purity as defined by Tolstoy and Thoreau.
(d) His ideals were defined by his own sense of injustice in the world.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. After a series of misadventures on his way to San Diego, why did Chris call Franz?

4. What did Gallien know about city people who came to do what Chris had in mind?

5. In Chris's relationships with people, what is the most striking contradiction?

(see the answer key)

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