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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 does Krakauer include a narrative about moose hunters driving off-road trucks to get to the site Chris eventually found?
(a) To show the difficulties even well-equipped people have in this wilderness.
(b) To explain the existence of the bus where Chris stayed.
(c) To put a note of optimism into the story which sustains the suspense.
(d) To provide a bit of humor against the tension of the story.

2. What steps did Walt and Billie take to find Chris?
(a) They hired a private investigator.
(b) They went on TV begging Chris to come home.
(c) They took a trip to Eureka, California.
(d) They got the police to put out an APB on Chris.

3. What device does Krakauer use to open Chapter 1 and subsequent chapters?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A skull and cross bones.
(c) A quotation.
(d) A drawing.

4. What did Chris do the summer after his sophomore year in college?
(a) He spent the entire summer with his sister, Carine.
(b) He took a cross country hike.
(c) He worked in a garage to make money to buy his Datsun.
(d) He returned to Annandale and wrote a flawless software program.

5. What is The Slabs?
(a) A flat, rocky area in the Arizona desert.
(b) An old U. S. Calvary outpost.
(c) An abandoned military base where drifters come during the winter.
(d) A settlement of people who erect their tents on concrete slabs.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Franz offered to give Chris a ride to his campsite, what is it he didn't know?

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

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

4. Although Waterman became something of a local hero, what job did he have in Fairbanks?

5. What did Gallien notice about Chris's boots?

(see the answer key)

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