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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 did Walt leave in the bus?
(a) A memorial plaque.
(b) A book about edible plants in the area.
(c) An emergency radio operated by a hand crank.
(d) A flashlight and some batteries.

2. What family outings did the McCandless family mention to Krakauer?
(a) Camping trips with an Airstream Trailer.
(b) Going to the Grand Canyon every year.
(c) A beach house in Cape Cod.
(d) A yearly trip to Texas.

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

4. Why does Krakauer relate his own experiences in Chapter 14?
(a) To show how he was so much better than Chris.
(b) To see if he is any different now as a mature man.
(c) To show his affinity with Chris.
(d) To prove that he had no right to write about Chris.

5. What evidence does Krakauer find that suggests Chris was ready to re-enter society?
(a) Doctor Zhivago, a book Chris was reading, includes that genuine happiness must be shared with one's fellow human beings and Chris had made a note beside that passage.
(b) Chris had written down the names and addresses of everyone who had helped him so he could visit them again.
(c) The graffiti Chris drew on the bus indicated he wanted to see people again.
(d) Chris's journal indicated that he was beginning to doubt Thoreau.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Chris travel the 1,000 miles from Laird, Alaska, to Fairbanks?

2. How does Roman Dial, who teaches at the University of Alaska, interpret Chris's actions?

3. At the time of publication of the notice of Chris's death, what problem did the police have?

4. What was in the McCandless house that speaks to the feelings of Walt and Billie McCandless toward Chris?

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 discovery about himself did Krakauer make after conquering Devil's Thumb?

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

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

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

5. As Krakauer, visiting the site, stood on the banks of the raging Teklanika River, what advantage did he have that Chris did not have?

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

7. Describe why the McCandlesses could not take the exact trek to the bus that Chris had taken.

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

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

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

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