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

2. 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 birthday.
(d) It was Chris's 100th day in the wilderness.

3. Chris's parents had moved, but his step brother was contacted. After he positively identified Chris, what did he do?
(a) Told his wife that he always knew Chris would end that way.
(b) Drove to Maryland to inform Chris's parents.
(c) Contacted Gillien to get more information.
(d) Flew to Alaska to claim the body.

4. Why did Chris write in his journal that he had found the Magic Bus?
(a) Because it saved him from having to pitch his tent.
(b) Because it reminded him of a magic flying machine.
(c) Because it was stocked with wilderness essentials by the hunters who use it during moose season.
(d) Because it popped up out of nowhere.

5. What did Billie leave in the bus?
(a) A set of steel plates and cups.
(b) Three heavy blankets.
(c) A suitcase filled with emergency food supplies.
(d) A down coat and some matches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the skeleton in Walt's closet that stressed the whole family, Chris in particular?

3. How is Carine different from Chris?

4. What two requests did Stuckey make of Alex as they parted company?

5. After Chris left home, why didnn't Carine get upset when he won't tell her where he was?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Carine and her parents regret after the fact of Chris's death?

2. What defense does Krakauer make of Chris's ability to survive in the wild?

3. What was the irony Krakauer thought about as he kept attempting to climb Devil's Thumb?

4. What items did Billie and Walt McCandless leave behind in the bus?

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

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

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

8. Who was Sam McCandless, and why was he the one to notify Chris's parents?

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

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

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