1. In October of 1990, National Park Ranger, what did Bud Walsh discover?
(a) Evidence of a camp in a restricted area.
(b) A backpack with $123 stuffed inside it.
(c) A rifle that had been buried.
(d) Chris's old yellow Datsun that had been abandoned.

2. What connection did Jim Gallien make when he read the article about Chris's death?
(a) The .22-caliber rifle they found in the bus was the same as the hitchhiker's he'd given a ride to.
(b) Chris was the young hitchhiker he had given a ride to the Stampede Trail.
(c) The rubber boots the news article mentioned were the ones he'd given Chris.
(d) The empty bag of rice the article said the police found in the bus reminded him of the hitchhiker he'd picked up.

3. What was the similar experience that led to both of these stories of drop out and adventure?
(a) Both of them graduated from Emory University.
(b) Both of them drove Yellow Datsons.
(c) Both of them had issues with their family life.
(d) Both of them were classical musicians.

4. What parallel does Krakauer draw between Chris and Carl McCunn?
(a) Like Chris, McCunn ruined his camera in the Alaskan wilderness.
(b) Both Chris and McCunn were gainfully employed when they went on their fatal trips.
(c) Both of them were serious dropouts from society.
(d) McCunn died in the Alaskan wilderness because of an oversight just as Chris did.

5. What human contact did Chris have as he hikeed West from Lake Mead?
(a) A few vagabonds and some law officers.
(b) People in a small village.
(c) A troop of Boy Scouts.
(d) Men working on an oil drilling rig.