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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. Why did Christ steal a bicycle in Northern California?
(a) He intended to return and pay for it.
(b) He was delirious at the time and did not know what he was doing.
(c) He had always wanted a bike like that.
(d) The man he worked for refused to pay him.

2. At what point did Chris stop writing in his journal?
(a) When it had no more blank pages.
(b) When it accidentally fell into his campfire one night.
(c) When his camera was ruined and he buried it outside of Vegas.
(d) When he decided that no one would ever read it.

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

4. What daunting challenge did Krakauer set for himself as a young man?
(a) To scale a mountain called the Devils Thumb alone.
(b) To find out how much terror he can stand.
(c) To ski down Mt. McKinley.
(d) To prove that he is always right.

5. Two decades later, what has Krakauer learned about his relationship with his father?
(a) Krakauer realizes he was selfish, stubborn, and as difficult for his father to deal with as his father's behavior had been for him.
(b) Krakauer learned that he had improved himself by not becoming like his father.
(c) Krakauer learned that his father was always shallow and always would be.
(d) Krakauer learned that he had been right to defy his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Krakauer classify Chris as opposed to the way most people saw him?

2. What was Chris carrying when he met Jim Gallien?

3. What comment does Krakauer make about Chris's fondness for Jack London?

4. When Krakauer reached an impassable place on the mountain, what did he do?

5. What had Chris's mother and father offered to do after he graduated from college?

(see the answer key)

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