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

2. Why did Christ steal a bicycle in Northern California?
(a) He was delirious at the time and did not know what he was doing.
(b) He had always wanted a bike like that.
(c) The man he worked for refused to pay him.
(d) He intended to return and pay for it.

3. What did Chris realize after he decided to abandon his once beloved Datsun?
(a) That it would be impossible to continue without a car.
(b) That he needed better hiking shoes since he was now walking.
(c) That he was free from material possessions that tie him down.
(d) That he missed his family and wanted to go home.

4. When Krakauer was at the mountain he came to climb, what enhanced his emotions?
(a) Two sturdy aluminum curtain rods with him, lashed in a cross shape, to prevent him from falling into a crevasse.
(b) The clean air which gave him an oxygen high.
(c) The beauty of the snowy terrain and clear sky was intensified for him by his solitude.
(d) The cheers of the people who came to see him off.

5. What similar classic books are favorites of Ruess and Chris?
(a) Look Homeward Angel and Lassie Come Home.
(b) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Moby Dick.
(c) Great Expectations and Gone With the Wind.
(d) Call of the Wild and Around the World in Eighty Days.