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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, The Stampede Trail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far did Chris travel on the Stampede Trail before he located the abandoned bus?
(a) Ten miles.
(b) A mile and a half.
(c) Twenty miles.
(d) Forty miles.

2. What did Butch Killian want to do when he arrived on the bus scene where Chris had died?
(a) He wanted to burn the bus to rid it of the smell.
(b) He wanted to form a search party to see if there was anyone else with the dead boy.
(c) He wanted to contact the media because it was a great story.
(d) He wanted to contact the state police to come and remove the body.

3. What is significant about the cloth belt Krakauer founds in the bus?
(a) Chris probably didn't want to ruin the leather belt he had made at Ron Franz's house.
(b) It must have been made when Chris got too thin for his jeans.
(c) He seemd to have made it to tie up his paperback books.
(d) Chris had made it to keep himself busy.

4. What emotional experience disturbed Chris while he is staying in the bus?
(a) Bad dreams that hinted of his death.
(b) Watching an otter get captured by an eagle.
(c) Killing a moose and being unable to preserve the meat.
(d) Thinking about his sister.

5. Chris confided to Gail Borah that he was close to one member of his family. Who is that?
(a) His gramdmother.
(b) His uncle, Milton.
(c) His sister, Carine.
(d) His cousin, Jason.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Chris corresponded with his sister, what did he confide to her?

3. How did Chris introduce himself to Gallien?

4. What did Gallien know about city people who came to do what Chris had in mind?

5. What does Krakauer think actually killed Chris?

(see the answer key)

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