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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Krakauer include a narrative about moose hunters driving off-road trucks to get to the site Chris eventually found?
2. Where did Krakaeur meet Westerberg?
3. What was Chris carrying when he met Jim Gallien?
4. Impressed with Chris's intelligence, what did Franz try to get him to do?
5. On his last trip to Carthage, who is the woman Chris became close with?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Krakauer compare and contrast Chris and his father?
2. Why does Krakauer mention the papar at the end of Chapter 9?
3. What is a literary parallel between Chris and Ruess?
4. What is Krakauer's summary of Chris's actions during the time he was looking for work to save up for Alaska?
5. How was Westerberg able to help the police with their further investigation?
6. What did Chris do in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park?
7. Tell something about Chris's connection to Jan Burres and her boyfriend Bob.
8. Describe Jim Gallien's difficulty contacting the Alaska state troopers.
9. Discuss Chris's abandonment of his beloved Datsun.
10. Describe Walt McCandless as a professional and a businessman.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on romanticism as it pertains to frontier adventure. Use Chris, Krakauer, and Ruess from the book, but also include frontiersmen from American history and those adventurers who are at the forefront of space exploration.
Essay Topic 2
Write about other people's opinions of a person. Use the examples of what Westerberg, Jan, and Franz had to say about Chris when Krakauer interviewed them. Did they express opinions that they never expressed to Chris himself? Include the confusion of Walt McCandless as he talked to Krakauer seven weeks after Chris died.
Essay Topic 3
Gather information about Jack London. Write about how Chris admired his description of survival in the Alaskan wilderness but did not recognize it as fiction written by a man who never did the things included in his book, CALL OF THE WILD.
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