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

2. What does Carine recall that Chris loved so much?

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

4. Why did the Candless family not follow the route Chris had taken to get to the bus as Billie wanted?

5. What kind of business do Carine and her husband operate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write your opinion about the effect pets can have on one's life. Use the example of Chris and Carine's dog, Buck. Add examples from your life--either pets you have had and been close to or examples of people and their special pets you know.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about loneliness. Using Ron Franz as an example, write about how losing loved ones can affect one's life and what one can do to fill the void. Give your opinion of Ron Franz as to whether he had a good plan for living alone.

Essay Topic 3

Write a fictitious story about meeting Chris McCandless. Place yourself in one of the locations where Chris was (e.g. the McDonald's in Bullhead City, on the Colorado River, at Oh-My-God Hot Springs, in a railroad freight car, etc.) and write your story as a dialog between you and him.

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