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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Stikine Ice Cap.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the tender moment between Chris and his father right after Chris graduated from high school?
(a) He asked his father's advice about choosing a college.
(b) He spent that summer doing things with his father.
(c) He let his father ready his personal journal.
(d) He gave his father an expensive telescope and told him how much he appreciated him.

2. When Krakauer reached an impassable place on the mountain, what did he do?
(a) There was nothing to do but descend.
(b) He sat down and cried.
(c) He radioed for help.
(d) He started traveling horizontally on the mountain.

3. When did Jon Krakauer interview Walt McCandless?
(a) A year after Chris died.
(b) Never. He would not speak with Krakauer.
(c) Seven weeks after Chris's body was recovered.
(d) On what would have been Chris's birthday.

4. What happened when the moose hunters got to the bus where they plan to camp out?
(a) There was a pack of wolves surrounding the bus.
(b) The bus was a burned out shell.
(c) There was a terrible smell coming from inside the bus.
(d) The bus had been moved and they didn't know where to look for it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic of his father's does Krakauer mention as a flaw?

2. What was located at Oh-My-God Hot Springs?

3. What parallel does Krakauer draw between Chris and Carl McCunn?

4. What family outings did the McCandless family mention to Krakauer?

5. Why did Chris write in his journal that hiking around Lake Meade was a mistake?

(see the answer key)

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