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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way did Chris exhibit a double standard about money?
(a) He refused to let Jan drive him to pick up his last check at McDonald's.
(b) He refused to take money for the work he did, but accepted goods that probably cost as much.
(c) He now wanted to collect all the money he could to outfit himself for Alaska.
(d) He borrowed money that he knew he could never repay.

2. How do Waterman and Chris differ?
(a) Chris burned his money, but Waterman always had money with him.
(b) Chris was afraid of the water and Waterman feared heights.
(c) Chis was short and Waterman was very tall.
(d) Chris was able to make friends, Waterman was socially awkward.

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

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

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

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

7. In what area do people who knew Chris agree that he was inexperienced?
(a) Living off the land.
(b) Having a relationship with a girl.
(c) Managing money.
(d) Cooking for himself.

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

9. What event happened in April 1992 that prompted the writing of Into The Wild?
(a) An 80-year-old man called OUTSIDE Magazine to tell them about Chris McCandless.
(b) Christopher McCandless disappeared and no one ever knew what happened to him.
(c) There was a volcano that killed a young man named Christopher McCandless.
(d) Christopher McCandless hitchhiked to Alaska and entered the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley and four months later, a party of hunters found his body.

10. 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.

11. What steps did Walt and Billie take to find Chris?
(a) They got the police to put out an APB on Chris.
(b) They hired a private investigator.
(c) They went on TV begging Chris to come home.
(d) They took a trip to Eureka, California.

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

13. What unusual political action did Waterman take after his climb?
(a) He applied to go to West Point.
(b) He got elected to the Fairbanks School Board.
(c) He ran for President of the United States.
(d) He campaigned for LBJ.

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

15. What did Gallien know about city people who came to do what Chris had in mind?
(a) They never got around to writing about their adventure.
(b) Such greenhorns usually underestimated the wilderness to their own peril.
(c) They quickly walked back to Fairbanks.
(d) They usually gave up after three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chris's relationships with people, what is the most striking contradiction?

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

3. How did Chris introduce himself to Gallien?

4. What was Chris's plan for after college that he did not tell his family?

5. What effect had Chris had on Ronald Franz?

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