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

2. What did Krakauer do similar to what Chris did when he needed to go to the village of Petersberg?

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

4. What did Walt leave in the bus?

5. In light of his own experiences, what does Krakauer think of Chris's tactics?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who was Sam McCandless, and why was he the one to notify Chris's parents?

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

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

9. How does swainsonine become lethal in the body?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay expressing your opinion of Chris McCandless. Answer whether he was mentally stable, how he did or did not use people, whether he might have survived except for some bad luck, and how well he was prepared to survive alone.

Essay Topic 2

Write about an extended trip you would like to take? Would you go alone? Would you not carry money and expect to find jobs to pay your way? Would you do any camping? Where would you go and how long would you stay?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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