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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Impressed with Chris's intelligence, what did Franz try to get him to do?
(a) Start teaching young people.
(b) Get an education.
(c) Clean up and get a good job.
(d) Write a book about his travels.

2. What did Chris do with the $24,000 he had left over from his inheritance?
(a) He gave it to the Salvation Army.
(b) He gave it to his sister.
(c) He gave it to UNICEF.
(d) He donated it to OXFAM.

3. Where did Alex stay outside of Salton City?
(a) Right at Oh-My-God Hot Springs.
(b) Palm Springs.
(c) Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
(d) Joshua Tree National Park.

4. Where did Chris intend to hike?
(a) Where no one had ever gone before.
(b) The Stampede Trail, a faint track in the wilderness well off the beaten path.
(c) Southwestward into Canada.
(d) Along the Alaskan Pipeline.

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

6. What surprising thing about Chris does Westerberg remember about him?
(a) That he would eventually end up in a monastery in Tibet.
(b) That he secretly had a sexual fantasy about his sister.
(c) That he knew what he was doing was unfair to his parents.
(d) That he had expressed a desire to marry and have a family some day.

7. At what point did Chris stop writing in his journal?
(a) When he decided that no one would ever read it.
(b) When it accidentally fell into his campfire one night.
(c) When it had no more blank pages.
(d) When his camera was ruined and he buried it outside of Vegas.

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

9. How did Walt and Billie McCandless learn in Chapter 4 where their son might be?
(a) They received a ticket issued to their son for hitchhiking near Eureka, California.
(b) Jan Burres called them.
(c) One of Chris's high school friends got a call from Chris.
(d) They saw him on a newscast on TV.

10. During an interview with Krakauer, what does Westerberg say about Chris?
(a) That he lacked common sense.
(b) That he had an admirable spirit of adventure.
(c) That he was an expert mechanic.
(d) That he seldom told the truth.

11. What problem did Killian have in contacting the authorities?
(a) The other people did not want him to contact the troopers because they did not want to get involved.
(b) The ice broke on the river and left it more than a hundred yards wide.
(c) It was difficult to find a place where radio signals could get through.
(d) His vehicle broke down and it took hours to fix.

12. Still calling himself by another name, Chris met two drifters who befriend him. Who were they?
(a) Betty Burres and her father Edgar.
(b) Jane Burres and her nephew Fred.
(c) Martha Burres and her son Tom.
(d) Jan Burres and her boyfriend Bob.

13. Why was author Jon Krakauer interested in writing Chris's story?
(a) Krakauer identifies with McCandless's attraction to nature and to high-risk activities, and also understands the young man's troubled relationship with his father.
(b) Krakauer wanted to pass judgement on Chris in the hopes of preventing another young man from doing the same.
(c) Krakauer recognized that Chris's story would be a sure-fire best seller and be made into a movie.
(d) Krakauer had nothing better to do at the time and thought he would enjoy visiting all the places Chris had gone.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Krakauer include in the book besides events he uncovered from the life of Chris McCandless?

2. What food was Chris extremely fond of?

3. What questions did Chris ask Gallien that impressed the older man?

4. How does Chapter 1 begin?

5. What appears to be Krakauer's main motive in writing Into The Wild?

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