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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. How did Chris get to San Francisco?
(a) He rode on a vegetable truck he helped load up.
(b) Franz drove him there.
(c) He hitchhiked.
(d) He had enough money for a bus ticket.

2. What problem did Killian have in contacting the authorities?
(a) The ice broke on the river and left it more than a hundred yards wide.
(b) His vehicle broke down and it took hours to fix.
(c) The other people did not want him to contact the troopers because they did not want to get involved.
(d) It was difficult to find a place where radio signals could get through.

3. What did Chris do after Westerberg was jailed?
(a) He stayed with Westerberg's family until he got out.
(b) He hitchhiked to Needles, California, then walked through the desert to Topock, Arizona.
(c) He kept himself hidden because the police might have been looking for him.
(d) He headed north to Alaska.

4. What complication did Chris face while living in The Slabs?
(a) He got into an argument with Jan Burres.
(b) Tracy, a 17-year-old girl developed a huge crush on him.
(c) He could produce no identification when the border patrol came to the camp.
(d) The other drifters believed he was an undercover cop.

5. What appears to be Krakauer's main motive in writing Into The Wild?
(a) To win a Pulitzer Prize.
(b) To defend Chris McCandless from his critics.
(c) To sell it to the movies.
(d) To justify his own youth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Waterman and Chris differ?

2. What food was Chris extremely fond of?

3. What ambitions did Jon Krakauer's father have for all of his children?

4. When Krakauer was at the mountain he came to climb, what enhanced his emotions?

5. To whom did Chris send a postcard from Bullhead City?

(see the answer key)

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