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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. Who had left Chris a $40,000 inheritance for his school?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) A friend of the family.
(c) A wealthy uncle.
(d) A former employer.

2. What strange actions did Chris take right after graduating college?
(a) He shot his father and spent the next three years on the run from the police.
(b) He gave his car to his sister and took a bicycle to New York where he went to work on a merchant ship.
(c) He gave away his entire savings to charity, abandoned his possessions, and became a drifter and wilderness explorer.
(d) He began a backpack trip that he hoped would eventually take him around the world.

3. In what way did Chris exhibit a double standard about money?
(a) He refused to let Jan drive him to pick up his last check at McDonald's.
(b) He refused to take money for the work he did, but accepted goods that probably cost as much.
(c) He now wanted to collect all the money he could to outfit himself for Alaska.
(d) He borrowed money that he knew he could never repay.

4. What is prominently displayed in Carine McCandless's home?
(a) A scrapbook of news clippings about Chris.
(b) A painting she did of her brother, Chris.
(c) Two photographs of her brother, Chris.
(d) All of Chris's track trophies.

5. What does Carine recall that Chris loved so much?
(a) Her dog, Buck.
(b) His yellow Datsun.
(c) The Gianni guitar.
(d) Reading Moby Dick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feat did Waterman achieve in 1978?

2. What effect had Chris had on Ronald Franz?

3. What shows Chris's attitude toward injustices that began when he was in college?

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

5. What did Chris do with the $24,000 he had left over from his inheritance?

(see the answer key)

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