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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. What is Krakauer's message by using the details of the moose hunter's trip to the bus?
(a) He breaks up the story to keep it interesting.
(b) He shows that even seasoned hunters must contend with the harsh elements of the northwest.
(c) It is how he explains the difficulty in getting to the place where Chris died.
(d) He shows more about how beautiful the landscape is in that place.

2. What human contact did Chris have as he hikeed West from Lake Mead?
(a) A few vagabonds and some law officers.
(b) Men working on an oil drilling rig.
(c) People in a small village.
(d) A troop of Boy Scouts.

3. Where did Jim Gallien first encounter Chris?
(a) In a hardware store in Fairbanks, Alaska.
(b) In the library at Fairbanks, Alaska.
(c) Hitchhiking about four miles outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.
(d) In a cheap cafe on the outskirts of Fairbanks.

4. What characteristic of his father's does Krakauer mention as a flaw?
(a) That his father never climbed a mountain.
(b) That his father worked too many jobs.
(c) That his father was too kind to everyone.
(d) That his father could never admit to being wrong.

5. How did Chris travel the 1,000 miles from Laird, Alaska, to Fairbanks?
(a) Hitchhiking, he got a series of rides.
(b) He walked most of the way.
(c) Jim Gallien gave him a lift.
(d) A truck driver named Gaylord Stuckey picked him up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift did Walt give Billie after the birth of Chris?

2. What comment does Krakauer make about Chris's fondness for Jack London?

3. After a semester at UCLA and a winter in San Francisco, what did Ruess do?

4. What Tolstoy book was found inside the bus?

5. In what way did Chris exhibit a double standard about money?

(see the answer key)

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