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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 type of people did Ruess like to spend time with?
(a) Hikers and rafters.
(b) Vagabonds and drifters.
(c) Photographers and painters.
(d) Native Americans and Russians.

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

3. What surprising thing about Chris does Westerberg remember about him?
(a) That he had expressed a desire to marry and have a family some day.
(b) That he secretly had a sexual fantasy about his sister.
(c) That he would eventually end up in a monastery in Tibet.
(d) That he knew what he was doing was unfair to his parents.

4. What did Gallien notice about Chris's boots?
(a) They were too large for his feet.
(b) They were old and ripped out at the seams.
(c) They were designed for mountain climbing.
(d) They were lightweight and not waterproof.

5. After a series of misadventures on his way to San Diego, why did Chris call Franz?
(a) To tell Franz that he was in the hospital.
(b) To come pick him up.
(c) To ask him to send money.
(d) To see if he had gotten any mail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect had Chris had on Ronald Franz?

2. At what point did Chris stop writing in his journal?

3. How did Chris describe Charlie, the man who let him stay in a vacant mobile home?

4. What symbol is ironic on the leather belt?

5. What is ironic about Krakauer's descriptions of Walt McCandless and that of his rebellious son, Chris?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Krakauer traveled to Carthage, South Dakota.

2. How does Krakauer rebut the idea that Chris was a reckless idiot, a wacko, a narcissist?

3. How are letters written by Ruess and Chris another point of similarity in their stories?

4. How abrupt was Chris's separation from his family?

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

6. What two things was Gallien able to provide the Alaska authorities?

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

8. How does Krakauer compare and contrast Chris and his father?

9. The man Chris describes as a lunatic, Charlie, holds what kind of opinion about Chris?

10. When hunters discovered Chris's body in September of 1992, what did they decide to do?

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