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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 Tolstoy book was found inside the bus?
(a) The Gulag Archipeliago.
(b) The Cherry Orchard.
(c) Family Happiness.
(d) War and Peace.

2. What did Chris make at Franz's house?
(a) A wallet to give to Franz.
(b) A new leather backpack.
(c) A pair of moccasins.
(d) A leather belt that depicted all his travels to date.

3. What does Ruess's biographer, Ken Sleight, believe happened to Ruess?
(a) Ruess changed his name and disappeared.
(b) Falling from a cliff.
(c) A robbery and murder.
(d) Accidental drowning.

4. What symbol is ironic on the leather belt?
(a) A raised fist.
(b) Chris's initials surrounded by a scull and crossbones.
(c) A serpent head baring its fangs.
(d) A tombstone marked R.I.P.

5. Why did Chris decide to go to San Diego?
(a) To catch a train to Alaska.
(b) To find work for money for his Alaskan trip.
(c) To catch a steamer going up the coast to Alaska.
(d) To get a suntan at the beach before heading North.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Krakauer's thesis about Chris?

2. Near what famous landmark did Chris McCandless die?

3. After surviving 10 years living off the land, what became of Rosellini?

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

5. Why did the employees at McDonald's object to Chris?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the difference between Chris's treatment of his parents and the way he treated strangers.

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

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

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

6. Describe Walt McCandless as a professional and a businessman.

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

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

9. How did there happen to be an abandoned bus where Chris could find it?

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

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