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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 McCandless come from?
(a) Berkley, California.
(b) Houston, Texas.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) New York City.

2. Why was author Jon Krakauer interested in writing Chris's story?
(a) Krakauer wanted to pass judgement on Chris in the hopes of preventing another young man from doing the same.
(b) Krakauer had nothing better to do at the time and thought he would enjoy visiting all the places Chris had gone.
(c) Krakauer identifies with McCandless's attraction to nature and to high-risk activities, and also understands the young man's troubled relationship with his father.
(d) Krakauer recognized that Chris's story would be a sure-fire best seller and be made into a movie.

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

4. What did Chris tell Gallien his plans were?
(a) To hike as far north as he could go.
(b) To walk into the wilderness near Denali National Park to live off the land for several months.
(c) To hike from Mt. McKinley to the Gulf of Mexico.
(d) To write a book like Thoreau.

5. What story does Krakauer tell that resembles Chris's in many ways?
(a) The troubles of Carl Jennings.
(b) The adventures of Edmund Scott.
(c) The life of John Mallon Waterman.
(d) The loneliness of Henry David Thoreau.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Chris decide to go to San Diego?

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

3. What appears to be Krakauer's main motive in writing Into The Wild?

4. Where did Jim Gallien first encounter Chris?

5. What is The Slabs?

(see the answer key)

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