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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. 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 his father was always shallow and always would be.
(c) Krakauer learned that he had been right to defy his father.
(d) Krakauer learned that he had improved himself by not becoming like his father.

2. What was Chris's plan for after college that he did not tell his family?
(a) He planed to go live in Mexico.
(b) He planed to marry a girl his parents did not approve of.
(c) He planed to go on an indefinite road trip.
(d) He planed to commit suicide.

3. In regards to family, how do Ruess and Chris compare?
(a) Ruess seemed to be on good relations with his family unlike Chris.
(b) They both were alienated from their families.
(c) Ruess and Chris both missed their families as they traveled.
(d) Like Chris, Ruess felt his family supported his travels.

4. What item of clothing did Chris seem to abhor?
(a) Socks.
(b) Neckties.
(c) Jeans.
(d) Uniforms.

5. What ambitions did Jon Krakauer's father have for all of his children?
(a) That they would attend Ivy League schools.
(b) That they would excell in sports.
(c) That they would leave home and be on their own after high school.
(d) That they would all enter the family business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some people think about Chris McCandless?

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

3. After dropping Chris off, why did Gallien decide not to notify the authorities?

4. Why does Krakauer devote Chapter 9 to the story of Everett Ruess?

5. What did Chris realize after he decided to abandon his once beloved Datsun?

(see the answer key)

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