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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What questions did Chris ask Gallien that impressed the older man?
(a) Informed questions about the flora and fauna of Alaska.
(b) About traffic in that part of Alaska.
(c) About the length of winters in Alaska.
(d) About moose and carribu.

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

3. Why did the employees at McDonald's object to Chris?
(a) His being a loner.
(b) His long hair.
(c) His bad attitude.
(d) His poor hygiene.

4. 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.

5. What work did Chris (Alex) do while he stayed with Jan and Bob at The Slabs?
(a) Selling in their fleamarket books stall.
(b) Digging ditches.
(c) Acting as a security gurad.
(d) Making hamburgers that he learned how to do at McDonald's.

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

7. What Tolstoy book was found inside the bus?
(a) The Gulag Archipeliago.
(b) Family Happiness.
(c) The Cherry Orchard.
(d) War and Peace.

8. What is the origin of the Stampede Trail?
(a) The trail that originally led to Pilgrim's mining claims along Stampede Creek.
(b) A trail originally laid out by Virgil Stampede in the 1800s.
(c) An old trail made by stampeding cattle.
(d) A trail left when Stampede Creek changed its course.

9. At which stop did Chris remain for the longest time?
(a) On the coast in Oregon.
(b) Back at the Westenberg's house.
(c) In Bullhead City, Arizona.
(d) In Fairbanks, Alaska.

10. What happened when the moose hunters got to the bus where they plan to camp out?
(a) The bus had been moved and they didn't know where to look for it.
(b) There was a terrible smell coming from inside the bus.
(c) There was a pack of wolves surrounding the bus.
(d) The bus was a burned out shell.

11. How had Chris already been separating himself from his family?
(a) By only meeting them occasionally at a restaurant.
(b) By going out of town for holidays and weekends.
(c) By not speaking to them for months at a time.
(d) By living off campus in a room that had no phone.

12. What is Krakauer's thesis about Chris?
(a) That no one had fully informed Chris about all the dangers he faced.
(b) That Chris was never in full command of his faculties.
(c) That Chris had been given misinformation that led to his doing the wrong things.
(d) That McCandless understood the risks he faced and came fully prepared to surmount them.

13. What alias did Ruess carve on the walls of the canyon?
(a) Yosemite Sam.
(b) Nemo.
(c) Frost.
(d) Ahab.

14. After surviving 10 years living off the land, what became of Rosellini?
(a) He traveled around the world backpacking.
(b) He settled down in a small town and raised a family.
(c) He commited suicide and left no note.
(d) He went on the lecture tour.

15. How did Chris get to San Francisco?
(a) Franz drove him there.
(b) He hitchhiked.
(c) He rode on a vegetable truck he helped load up.
(d) He had enough money for a bus ticket.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Christ steal a bicycle in Northern California?

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

4. Impressed with Chris's intelligence, what did Franz try to get him to do?

5. Still calling himself by another name, Chris met two drifters who befriend him. Who were they?

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