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

2. What did Chris realize after he decided to abandon his once beloved Datsun?
(a) That it would be impossible to continue without a car.
(b) That he needed better hiking shoes since he was now walking.
(c) That he missed his family and wanted to go home.
(d) That he was free from material possessions that tie him down.

3. Why did Chris write in his journal that he had found the Magic Bus?
(a) Because it saved him from having to pitch his tent.
(b) Because it was stocked with wilderness essentials by the hunters who use it during moose season.
(c) Because it popped up out of nowhere.
(d) Because it reminded him of a magic flying machine.

4. What news seriously alarmed Jan Burres?
(a) That Alex had burned the last of his money when he abandoned his car.
(b) That Alex might be a serial killer.
(c) That Alex was wanted by the Nevada police.
(d) That Alex never intended to see any of his family again.

5. When Krakauer was at the mountain he came to climb, what enhanced his emotions?
(a) The cheers of the people who came to see him off.
(b) The clean air which gave him an oxygen high.
(c) The beauty of the snowy terrain and clear sky was intensified for him by his solitude.
(d) Two sturdy aluminum curtain rods with him, lashed in a cross shape, to prevent him from falling into a crevasse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevented Jan and Bob from going to Bullhead City to pick Chris up?

2. Why does Krakauer include a narrative about moose hunters driving off-road trucks to get to the site Chris eventually found?

3. How did Chris describe Charlie, the man who let him stay in a vacant mobile home?

4. How does Roman Dial, who teaches at the University of Alaska, interpret Chris's actions?

5. Where did Chris McCandless come from?

(see the answer key)

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