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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What family outings did the McCandless family mention to Krakauer?
(a) A yearly trip to Texas.
(b) Camping trips with an Airstream Trailer.
(c) A beach house in Cape Cod.
(d) Going to the Grand Canyon every year.

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

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

6. Where did Chris leave from on April 15, 1992 on his journey to Alaska?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Los angeles.
(c) Carthage.
(d) Oregon.

7. When Krakauer reached an impassable place on the mountain, what did he do?
(a) He radioed for help.
(b) He started traveling horizontally on the mountain.
(c) There was nothing to do but descend.
(d) He sat down and cried.

8. When Krakauer was at the mountain he came to climb, what enhanced his emotions?
(a) The beauty of the snowy terrain and clear sky was intensified for him by his solitude.
(b) The cheers of the people who came to see him off.
(c) The clean air which gave him an oxygen high.
(d) Two sturdy aluminum curtain rods with him, lashed in a cross shape, to prevent him from falling into a crevasse.

9. What happened 10 months after Chris's death?
(a) The company that owns the bus took it away.
(b) Ten months after McCandless's death, Krakauer, Billie and Walt took a helicopter to the bus site.
(c) Billie and Walt got a divorce.
(d) Carine had a dream about Chris.

10. How does Krakauer interpret the evidence he gathered about Chris?
(a) He believes that Chris immersed himself in nature in an effort to isolate himself from human society.
(b) He thinks that Chris was completely irrational and contributed to his own death.
(c) He suggests that someone else was in the bus and refused to help Chris.
(d) He sees Chris as a hopeles greenhorn without any knowledge of the terrain.

11. What does Carine recall that Chris loved so much?
(a) The Gianni guitar.
(b) His yellow Datsun.
(c) Reading Moby Dick.
(d) Her dog, Buck.

12. What was in the McCandless house that speaks to the feelings of Walt and Billie McCandless toward Chris?
(a) A photo memorial to Chris on the dining room table.
(b) All of Chris's track trophies lined up on the mantle.
(c) No photos of Chris in the house.
(d) Clippings of newspaper articles and magazine stories about Chris.

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) Bad dreams that hinted of his death.
(d) Killing a moose and being unable to preserve the meat.

14. What important work does Walt McCandless do?
(a) Nuclear physicist.
(b) Biochemist.
(c) CIA undercover.
(d) Advanced radar technology.

15. What information does Gallien provide the police?
(a) That Alex had mentioned a friend named Ron in California.
(b) That Alex's real name was Chris McCandless.
(c) That the young man had called himself Alex and had come from South Dakota.
(d) That Alex was coughing bad when he dropped him off.

Short Answer Questions

1. August 12, Chris left the bus to forage for berries. What did the note he left on the door say?

2. What did Billie realize as she get to the bus?

3. What is prominently displayed in Carine McCandless's home?

4. In light of his own experiences, what does Krakauer think of Chris's tactics?

5. What trait did sports reveal in Chris?

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