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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. What does Carine recall that Chris loved so much?
2. What trait did sports reveal in Chris?
3. What similarity is there between Jon's relationship with his father and Chris's relationship with Walt?
4. Why does Krakauer relate his own experiences in Chapter 14?
5. How is Carine different from Chris?
Short Essay Questions
1. As Krakauer, visiting the site, stood on the banks of the raging Teklanika River, what advantage did he have that Chris did not have?
2. How was Krakauer's Alaska experience different from Chris's?
3. What discovery did Chris make the summer after his freshman year in college that drove a deeper wedge between him and his father?
4. In Chris's journal, what did he think was happening to him?
5. What is so unusual about Chris's never seeing another human being while he was camped at the bus?
6. To show his kindred spirit with Chris, what does Krakauer write about in Chapter 14?
7. What indicates to Krakauer that there was a very close relationship between Carine and Chris?
8. What discovery about himself did Krakauer make after conquering Devil's Thumb?
9. What do Carine and her parents regret after the fact of Chris's death?
10. Describe why the McCandlesses could not take the exact trek to the bus that Chris had taken.
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
Look up information about the Mojave Desert and write an essay about the advisability of trying to exist alone in a place like that. Give your opinion about what might have happened to Chris in the Mojave Desert when he is reported to have nearly died.
Essay Topic 3
From information in the book, Into The wild, and other sources, write about the Alaskan wilderness. Discuss whether you think it would be a good place to visit, even with the transportation you might need and all the equipment you would need for such a trip.
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