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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the time of publication of the notice of Chris's death, what problem did the police have?
(a) They did not have forensic labs in that part of Alaska.
(b) They had been unable to identify him.
(c) They had no response from the public about the body.
(d) They had beed unable to get the body out.

3. When did Jon Krakauer interview Walt McCandless?
(a) Seven weeks after Chris's body was recovered.
(b) On what would have been Chris's birthday.
(c) A year after Chris died.
(d) Never. He would not speak with Krakauer.

4. What is significant about August 5?
(a) It was the day the moose hunters found his body.
(b) It was the day he killed the caribou.
(c) It was Chris's 100th day in the wilderness.
(d) It was Chris's birthday.

5. Who gave Krakauer dinner and a place to sleep in Petersberg?
(a) The captain of a tuna fishing boat.
(b) A kind woman named Kai Sandburn.
(c) A policeman offered him a jail cell.
(d) A drifter named Jan Buress.

6. What did Krakauer do similar to what Chris did when he needed to go to the village of Petersberg?
(a) He abandoned his car.
(b) He bought a big bag of rice.
(c) He sent postcards to friends.
(d) He burned his money.

7. What affected the eating habits of Chris's family?
(a) Thinking about how they found Chris's body.
(b) Learning that he starved to death.
(c) Thinking more about the homeless.
(d) Not being able to eat rice.

8. What ambitions did Jon Krakauer's father have for all of his children?
(a) That they would all enter the family business.
(b) That they would excell in sports.
(c) That they would leave home and be on their own after high school.
(d) That they would attend Ivy League schools.

9. How does Roman Dial, who teaches at the University of Alaska, interpret Chris's actions?
(a) He agrees that Chris was borderline neurotic.
(b) Roman thinks no one should ever attempt what Chris did.
(c) He thinks the native Alaskans are right to condemn Chris.
(d) Roman admires McCandless's efforts but would not undertake them himself.

10. What is prominently displayed in Carine McCandless's home?
(a) A painting she did of her brother, Chris.
(b) A scrapbook of news clippings about Chris.
(c) Two photographs of her brother, Chris.
(d) All of Chris's track trophies.

11. How far did Chris travel on the Stampede Trail before he located the abandoned bus?
(a) Twenty miles.
(b) Forty miles.
(c) A mile and a half.
(d) Ten miles.

12. 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 find out how much terror he can stand.
(d) To ski down Mt. McKinley.

13. After Chris left home, why didnn't Carine get upset when he won't tell her where he was?
(a) She didn't want to know because she didn't care.
(b) She thought their father would try to bring him home if he knew.
(c) She knew Chris was happy and thought he would come home some day.
(d) She was glad he was gone so she could have his room.

14. What is so poignant about the final photograph Chris took of himself holding his good-bye note?
(a) The end of his good-bye note says he will see everyone in a month.
(b) He doesn't realize that he is holding the note upside down.
(c) His emaciated frame contrasts with the smile on his face.
(d) It is blurry because he was too weak to hold the camera steady.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotional experience disturbed Chris while he is staying in the bus?

2. What is significant about the cloth belt Krakauer founds in the bus?

3. What did Billie find in the bus?

4. Racing against a storm, Krakauer reaches the summit of the Thumb. How does he describe it?

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

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