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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. 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 no response from the public about the body.
(c) They had been unable to identify him.
(d) They had beed unable to get the body out.

2. What spurred Krakauer on after his failed attempt to climb Devil's Thumb?
(a) A spider that keeps working after its web breaks.
(b) His mood after he naps.
(c) The prospect of defeat.
(d) The fact that he has enough food to try again.

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

4. What did the bones outside the bus reveal?
(a) That the bus had been attacked by wolves.
(b) That Chris had been unable to kill edible animals.
(c) What Chris thought was a moose was actually caribou.
(d) That the animal Chris killed had been eaten by vultures.

5. Why does Krakauer think Chris could not excrete poison from his body?
(a) He did not have enough white blood cells to fight organisms.
(b) Melted snow water caused him to become severely constipated.
(c) His deteriorated body did not have enough glucose and amino acids to bind with the poisons.
(d) His bowel and urinary sustems had shut down.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the police know Chris's real last name?

2. How was Westerberg able to help the police?

3. What gift did Walt give Billie after the birth of Chris?

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

5. What trait did sports reveal in Chris?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Krakauer's Alaska experience different from Chris's?

2. What discovery did Chris make the summer after his freshman year in college that drove a deeper wedge between him and his father?

3. How does swainsonine become lethal in the body?

4. What is so unusual about Chris's never seeing another human being while he was camped at the bus?

5. How did Chris manage the last leg of his trip into Fairbanks?

6. Carine knew that Chris was leaving but she didn't know where he was going. Why?

7. What indicates to Krakauer that there was a very close relationship between Carine and Chris?

8. What kind of work made Walt McCandless such a success?

9. Explain Jim Gillien's difficulty in contacting the Alaska police.

10. To show his kindred spirit with Chris, what does Krakauer write about in Chapter 14?

(see the answer keys)

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