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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 information does Gallien provide the police?
(a) That Alex was coughing bad when he dropped him off.
(b) That Alex's real name was Chris McCandless.
(c) That the young man had called himself Alex and had come from South Dakota.
(d) That Alex had mentioned a friend named Ron in California.

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

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

4. What did Chris do with the $24,000 he had left over from his inheritance?
(a) He gave it to the Salvation Army.
(b) He gave it to UNICEF.
(c) He gave it to his sister.
(d) He donated it to OXFAM.

5. After a series of misadventures on his way to San Diego, why did Chris call Franz?
(a) To see if he had gotten any mail.
(b) To ask him to send money.
(c) To tell Franz that he was in the hospital.
(d) To come pick him up.

Short Answer Questions

1. After surviving 10 years living off the land, what became of Rosellini?

2. What did Krakauer include in the book besides events he uncovered from the life of Chris McCandless?

3. To whom did Chris send a postcard from Bullhead City?

4. What item of clothing did Chris seem to abhor?

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

(see the answer key)

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