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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 work did Chris (Alex) do while he stayed with Jan and Bob at The Slabs?
(a) Selling in their fleamarket books stall.
(b) Acting as a security gurad.
(c) Making hamburgers that he learned how to do at McDonald's.
(d) Digging ditches.

2. What is Krakauer's message by using the details of the moose hunter's trip to the bus?
(a) He shows more about how beautiful the landscape is in that place.
(b) It is how he explains the difficulty in getting to the place where Chris died.
(c) He shows that even seasoned hunters must contend with the harsh elements of the northwest.
(d) He breaks up the story to keep it interesting.

3. Who had carved a passage from the creek up to the dry gulch?
(a) Railroad explorers.
(b) Mormon cattlemen.
(c) Campers.
(d) American Indians.

4. How do Waterman and Chris differ?
(a) Chris was able to make friends, Waterman was socially awkward.
(b) Chis was short and Waterman was very tall.
(c) Chris was afraid of the water and Waterman feared heights.
(d) Chris burned his money, but Waterman always had money with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange actions did Chris take right after graduating college?

2. How is Carine different from Chris?

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

4. What happened to Billie in July of 1992?

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

(see the answer key)

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