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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. What strange actions did Chris take right after graduating college?
(a) He gave away his entire savings to charity, abandoned his possessions, and became a drifter and wilderness explorer.
(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 began a backpack trip that he hoped would eventually take him around the world.
(d) He shot his father and spent the next three years on the run from the police.

2. How do Waterman and Chris differ?
(a) Chis was short and Waterman was very tall.
(b) Chris was able to make friends, Waterman was socially awkward.
(c) Chris was afraid of the water and Waterman feared heights.
(d) Chris burned his money, but Waterman always had money with him.

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

4. What happened to Billie in July of 1992?
(a) She had a vivid dream of Chris calling her for help.
(b) She had a dibilitating auto accident.
(c) She was diagnosed with cancer.
(d) She had a nervous breakdown.

5. To whom did Chris send a postcard from Bullhead City?
(a) His sister.
(b) Jan Buress.
(c) Westerberg.
(d) His ex-girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what famous landmark did Chris McCandless die?

2. Who had carved a passage from the creek up to the dry gulch?

3. What did Chris make at Franz's house?

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

5. Where had Chris McCandless attended school and graduated with honors?

(see the answer key)

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