View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had carved a passage from the creek up to the dry gulch?
(a) Railroad explorers.
(b) Campers.
(c) American Indians.
(d) Mormon cattlemen.

2. Where did Chris's canoe trip eventually take him after going as far as he could down the Colorado River?
(a) He headed South and ended up in Acapulco.
(b) He ended up staying with a Mexican family for six weeks.
(c) He retraced his way back upstream.
(d) Some duck hunters agreed to drive him to the Gulf of California.

3. What is The Slabs?
(a) A flat, rocky area in the Arizona desert.
(b) An abandoned military base where drifters come during the winter.
(c) A settlement of people who erect their tents on concrete slabs.
(d) An old U. S. Calvary outpost.

4. What food was Chris extremely fond of?
(a) Hotdogs.
(b) Rice.
(c) Grilled cheese.
(d) Broccoli.

5. Who did Chris meet on a trip into Salton City to get some supplies?
(a) Ron Franz, an 80-year-old man.
(b) A drifter he knew at The Slab.
(c) Westerberg, who is looking for work.
(d) A waitress at the small cafe.

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

7. In Chris's relationships with people, what is the most striking contradiction?
(a) His love for his family but his inability to show it.
(b) His hurtfulness toward his family and his refusal to help anyone else.
(c) His coldness toward his parents and his warmth with people he met in his travels.
(d) His ambivalence to his family and his hatred of the people he met.

8. After dropping Chris off, why did Gallien decide not to notify the authorities?
(a) He decided Chris would give up on his foolish plan soon enough.
(b) He planned to return to check up on Chris.
(c) It slipped his mind after he got back to town.
(d) He promised he would not do that.

9. Where had Chris McCandless attended school and graduated with honors?
(a) The University of Virginia.
(b) Emory University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Yale University.

10. What did Chris tell Gallien his plans were?
(a) To write a book like Thoreau.
(b) To hike from Mt. McKinley to the Gulf of Mexico.
(c) To hike as far north as he could go.
(d) To walk into the wilderness near Denali National Park to live off the land for several months.

11. Why did Christ steal a bicycle in Northern California?
(a) He was delirious at the time and did not know what he was doing.
(b) He intended to return and pay for it.
(c) He had always wanted a bike like that.
(d) The man he worked for refused to pay him.

12. How were Chris's ideals defined in his own mind?
(a) They were defined by the poetry of E.E. cummings.
(b) They were defined by the works of Phillip Roth and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) His ideals were defined by his own sense of injustice in the world.
(d) He valued chastity and moral purity as defined by Tolstoy and Thoreau.

13. 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 it would be impossible to continue without a car.
(c) That he was free from material possessions that tie him down.
(d) That he missed his family and wanted to go home.

14. What group of Irish aesthetics does Krakauer include in Chapter 9?
(a) St Patrick monks.
(b) The papar.
(c) The highlanders.
(d) The Celtic travelers.

15. What indicates that Chris intended his Alaska trip to be his final great adventure?
(a) He talked about returning to take care of Ron Franz.
(b) He said he was sure this trip would tire him out completely.
(c) Before leaving, Alex promised Westerberg he would return in time for the fall harvest.
(d) He had lost a great deal of weight and looked ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a series of misadventures on his way to San Diego, why did Chris call Franz?

2. What does Krakauer think might have made the difference in Chris's survival?

3. What was located at Oh-My-God Hot Springs?

4. What is the origin of the Stampede Trail?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 845 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample