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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Alaska.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where did Chris's canoe trip eventually take him after going as far as he could down the Colorado River?
(a) He ended up staying with a Mexican family for six weeks.
(b) Some duck hunters agreed to drive him to the Gulf of California.
(c) He retraced his way back upstream.
(d) He headed South and ended up in Acapulco.
2. How does Krakauer answer Chris's critics?
(a) He shows how Chris would have survived had it not been for an accident.
(b) 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.
(c) He challenges anyone to do it better than Chris did.
(d) He maintains that Chris knew what he was doing and almost made it.
3. Where did Chris live while he was in Carthage?
(a) At the YMCA.
(b) In a tack room.
(c) In a cheap boarding house.
(d) In the Westerberg home.
4. How did Chris introduce himself to Gallien?
(a) As a botonist.
(b) As Wayne Westerberg.
(c) As Bill Cody.
(d) As Alex, refusing to give a last name.
5. What did Krakauer include in the book besides events he uncovered from the life of Chris McCandless?
(a) Adventures of several other young men.
(b) Facts and figures from the U. S. Census Bureau.
(c) Some allusions to Huckelberry Finn.
(d) Some of his own experiences as a young man.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Chris make at Franz's house?
2. Where did Chris McCandless come from?
3. What does Krakauer suggest shows that Chris was not mentally ill?
4. In what way did Chris exhibit a double standard about money?
5. What Tolstoy book was found inside the bus?
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