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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strange actions did Chris take right after graduating college?
(a) He gave away his entire savings to charity, abandoned his possessions, and became a drifter and wilderness explorer.
(b) He began a backpack trip that he hoped would eventually take him around the world.
(c) He gave his car to his sister and took a bicycle to New York where he went to work on a merchant ship.
(d) He shot his father and spent the next three years on the run from the police.

2. What appears to be Krakauer's main motive in writing Into The Wild?
(a) To defend Chris McCandless from his critics.
(b) To win a Pulitzer Prize.
(c) To justify his own youth.
(d) To sell it to the movies.

3. Where did Jim Gallien first encounter Chris?
(a) In a cheap cafe on the outskirts of Fairbanks.
(b) Hitchhiking about four miles outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.
(c) In a hardware store in Fairbanks, Alaska.
(d) In the library at Fairbanks, Alaska.

4. Where did Krakaeur meet Westerberg?
(a) In the Caberet in Carthage.
(b) At his house in Carthage.
(c) In the Daily News in Carthage.
(d) At a Texaco station in Carthage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gallien know about city people who came to do what Chris had in mind?

2. What did Chris tell Gallien his plans were?

3. Who does Krakauer mention who had done something similar to what Chris did and survived?

4. How were Chris's ideals defined in his own mind?

5. What do some people think about Chris McCandless?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Chris's lack of readiness for his Alaskan adventure.

2. What kind of place was The Slabs?

3. Explain the origins of the Stampede Trail.

4. Tell how Krakauer disliked the assertion from so many people that Chris had foolishly thrown away his life.

5. How was Westerberg able to help the police with their further investigation?

6. What was the relationship Chris developed with the Westerberg family?

7. Explain why Gallien decided not to notify the authorities of Chris's plan.

8. Describe the first indication that Walt and Billie McCandless had of where Chris might be.

9. How did Wayne Westerberg come to notify the police?

10. Discuss Chris's abandonment of his beloved Datsun.

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