2. What did the bones outside the bus reveal?
(a) That the bus had been attacked by wolves.
(b) That Chris had been unable to kill edible animals.
(c) What Chris thought was a moose was actually caribou.
(d) That the animal Chris killed had been eaten by vultures.

3. What was the tender moment between Chris and his father right after Chris graduated from high school?
(a) He let his father ready his personal journal.
(b) He asked his father's advice about choosing a college.
(c) He spent that summer doing things with his father.
(d) He gave his father an expensive telescope and told him how much he appreciated him.

4. What characteristic of his father's does Krakauer mention as a flaw?
(a) That his father worked too many jobs.
(b) That his father never climbed a mountain.
(c) That his father was too kind to everyone.
(d) That his father could never admit to being wrong.

5. How is Carine different from Chris?
(a) She is interested in helping the homeless.
(b) She made peace with their parents.
(c) She is a good cook.
(d) She always returns home when she disappears.

6. What daunting challenge did Krakauer set for himself as a young man?
(a) To ski down Mt. McKinley.
(b) To prove that he is always right.
(c) To find out how much terror he can stand.
(d) To scale a mountain called the Devils Thumb alone.

7. What does Krakauer think actually killed Chris?
(a) Tainted canned goods he found in the bus.
(b) Choking on rabbit bones.
(c) Poisonous leaves he was reduced to eating.
(d) The wild potato seeds he was eating.

8. What two requests did Stuckey make of Alex as they parted company?
(a) Send him photos of his adventure and notify the forrest service where he will be.
(b) Change his mind and go back to the Westerbergs.
(c) Wait until spring and work to get money for better boots.
(d) Write him a letter when he returns and call his parents before he goes into the wilderness.

9. What did Billie leave in the bus?
(a) A down coat and some matches.
(b) A suitcase filled with emergency food supplies.
(c) A set of steel plates and cups.
(d) Three heavy blankets.

10. Why does Krakauer think Chris could not excrete poison from his body?
(a) Melted snow water caused him to become severely constipated.
(b) His deteriorated body did not have enough glucose and amino acids to bind with the poisons.
(c) His bowel and urinary sustems had shut down.
(d) He did not have enough white blood cells to fight organisms.

11. In light of his own experiences, what does Krakauer think of Chris's tactics?
(a) They are exemplary.
(b) More young people should do what chris did.
(c) They are understandable but not justifiable.
(d) Except for a bit of bad luck, Chris was right to do what he did.

12. How was Westerberg able to help the police?
(a) He had a photo of Chris's yellow Datsun with the license plate showing.
(b) He had Chris's Social Security number on file.
(c) He told them Chris graduated from Emory University.
(d) He had Chris's fingerprints on file.

13. What emotional experience disturbed Chris while he is staying in the bus?
(a) Watching an otter get captured by an eagle.
(b) Thinking about his sister.
(c) Killing a moose and being unable to preserve the meat.
(d) Bad dreams that hinted of his death.

14. What did Walt leave in the bus?
(a) An emergency radio operated by a hand crank.
(b) A flashlight and some batteries.
(c) A book about edible plants in the area.
(d) A memorial plaque.

15. What sad discovery does Krakauer make just a quarter mile down stream on the river?
(a) There is evidence that Chris came that far and went back.
(b) At the now defunct station, a steel cable stretches across the river with an aluminum basket suspended from this cable by pulleys.
(c) There is an old bridge that a person could walk across.
(d) There is a ranger station stocked with all kinds of food.