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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. How was Westerberg able to help the police?

2. When Krakauer reached an impassable place on the mountain, what did he do?

3. Racing against a storm, Krakauer reaches the summit of the Thumb. How does he describe it?

4. How did the police know Chris's real last name?

5. What shows Chris's attitude toward injustices that began when he was in college?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How was Krakauer's Alaska experience different from Chris's?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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.

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