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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, The Stikine Ice Cap.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Krakauer devote Chapter 9 to the story of Everett Ruess?
(a) Krakauer wants to show how different Ruess is from Chris.
(b) Krakauer wants to demonstrate mental illness in Ruess.
(c) Karkauer wants to expand the scope of his thesis.
(d) Krakauer sees great similarities between Ruess and Chris.

2. Who had carved a passage from the creek up to the dry gulch?
(a) American Indians.
(b) Mormon cattlemen.
(c) Railroad explorers.
(d) Campers.

3. What did Krakauer do similar to what Chris did when he needed to go to the village of Petersberg?
(a) He abandoned his car.
(b) He bought a big bag of rice.
(c) He burned his money.
(d) He sent postcards to friends.

4. Who gave Krakauer dinner and a place to sleep in Petersberg?
(a) A drifter named Jan Buress.
(b) The captain of a tuna fishing boat.
(c) A kind woman named Kai Sandburn.
(d) A policeman offered him a jail cell.

5. In October of 1990, National Park Ranger, what did Bud Walsh discover?
(a) A backpack with $123 stuffed inside it.
(b) Chris's old yellow Datsun that had been abandoned.
(c) A rifle that had been buried.
(d) Evidence of a camp in a restricted area.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Krakauer relate his own experiences in Chapter 14?

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

3. What human contact did Chris have as he hikeed West from Lake Mead?

4. What group of Irish aesthetics does Krakauer include in Chapter 9?

5. In regards to family, how do Ruess and Chris compare?

(see the answer key)

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