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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Virginia Beach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Krakauer's thesis about Chris?
(a) That Chris was never in full command of his faculties.
(b) That no one had fully informed Chris about all the dangers he faced.
(c) That Chris had been given misinformation that led to his doing the wrong things.
(d) That McCandless understood the risks he faced and came fully prepared to surmount them.

2. What does Ruess's biographer, Ken Sleight, believe happened to Ruess?
(a) Ruess changed his name and disappeared.
(b) A robbery and murder.
(c) Falling from a cliff.
(d) Accidental drowning.

3. How did Walt and Billie McCandless learn in Chapter 4 where their son might be?
(a) They received a ticket issued to their son for hitchhiking near Eureka, California.
(b) One of Chris's high school friends got a call from Chris.
(c) They saw him on a newscast on TV.
(d) Jan Burres called them.

4. What device does Krakauer use to open Chapter 1 and subsequent chapters?
(a) A drawing.
(b) A quotation.
(c) A skull and cross bones.
(d) A photograph.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem did Killian have in contacting the authorities?

2. What did Walt and Billie McCandless discover when they drive to Chris's apartment in Atlanta?

3. Chris's parents had moved, but his step brother was contacted. After he positively identified Chris, what did he do?

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

5. How did the police know Chris's real last name?

(see the answer key)

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