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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 is prominently displayed in Carine McCandless's home?
(a) A painting she did of her brother, Chris.
(b) Two photographs of her brother, Chris.
(c) All of Chris's track trophies.
(d) A scrapbook of news clippings about Chris.

2. August 12, Chris left the bus to forage for berries. What did the note he left on the door say?
(a) "If I do not return, look for me north of the bus."
(b) "Gone fishing, be back in one hour."
(c) It was a desperate plea for assistance signed with his real name.
(d) "There is stew on the stove, go in and help yourself."

3. What gift did Walt give Billie after the birth of Chris?
(a) A vacation in Paris.
(b) A leather bound copy of Leaves of Grass.
(c) The Gianni guitar that was left in the yellow Datson.
(d) A 3-carat diamond ring.

4. What sad discovery does Krakauer make just a quarter mile down stream on the river?
(a) There is an old bridge that a person could walk across.
(b) At the now defunct station, a steel cable stretches across the river with an aluminum basket suspended from this cable by pulleys.
(c) There is a ranger station stocked with all kinds of food.
(d) There is evidence that Chris came that far and went back.

5. 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 excell in sports.
(c) That they would all enter the family business.
(d) That they would leave home and be on their own after high school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave Krakauer dinner and a place to sleep in Petersberg?

2. Where did Chris leave from on April 15, 1992 on his journey to Alaska?

3. What is significant about August 5?

4. What characteristic of his father's does Krakauer mention as a flaw?

5. What connection did Jim Gallien make when he read the article about Chris's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chris's journal, what did he think was happening to him?

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

5. What was Chris's problem with his parents monetary success?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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