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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Franz offered to give Chris a ride to his campsite, what is it he didn't know?
(a) About the Oh-My-God Hot Springs.
(b) That he would have to walk to see Chris's campsite.
(c) If his truck would make the trip and back.
(d) Whether Chris was dangerous or not.

2. What is ironic about Krakauer's descriptions of Walt McCandless and that of his rebellious son, Chris?
(a) Chris was a carbon copy of his father when he was that age.
(b) Walt had always been kind and generous but Chris had always been aloof.
(c) Krakauer describes Chris and Walt McCandless as being very similar, both stubborn and temperamental individuals.
(d) Walt and Chris believe in the same socialistic things.

3. What was Chris carrying when he met Jim Gallien?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A small dog.
(c) A battered canoe.
(d) A plastic bag of groceries.

4. Where did Chris live while he was in Carthage?
(a) In a cheap boarding house.
(b) In the Westerberg home.
(c) At the YMCA.
(d) In a tack room.

5. How did Chris get to San Francisco?
(a) He hitchhiked.
(b) He rode on a vegetable truck he helped load up.
(c) Franz drove him there.
(d) He had enough money for a bus ticket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news seriously alarmed Jan Burres?

2. What did Chris do with the $24,000 he had left over from his inheritance?

3. What feat did Waterman achieve in 1978?

4. Why is the Stampede Trail still in use?

5. How long did Chris survive in that hostile environment?

(see the answer key)

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