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

2. What problem did the authorities have after removing Chris's body?
(a) Identifying him.
(b) Getting the body to Fairbanks.
(c) Keeping the body frozen.
(d) Finding enough tissue to autopsy.

3. Why does Krakauer include a narrative about moose hunters driving off-road trucks to get to the site Chris eventually found?
(a) To show the difficulties even well-equipped people have in this wilderness.
(b) To put a note of optimism into the story which sustains the suspense.
(c) To provide a bit of humor against the tension of the story.
(d) To explain the existence of the bus where Chris stayed.

4. What surprising thing about Chris does Westerberg remember about him?
(a) That he secretly had a sexual fantasy about his sister.
(b) That he would eventually end up in a monastery in Tibet.
(c) That he knew what he was doing was unfair to his parents.
(d) That he had expressed a desire to marry and have a family some day.

5. How did the police know Chris's real last name?
(a) From his Social Security card they found in his wallet.
(b) From his virginia driver's license.
(c) From his journal.
(d) From the note he had taped to the bus door.