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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. What group of Irish aesthetics does Krakauer include in Chapter 9?
(a) St Patrick monks.
(b) The Celtic travelers.
(c) The papar.
(d) The highlanders.
2. When Krakauer reached an impassable place on the mountain, what did he do?
(a) There was nothing to do but descend.
(b) He started traveling horizontally on the mountain.
(c) He sat down and cried.
(d) He radioed for help.
3. How did Walt and Billie McCandless learn in Chapter 4 where their son might be?
(a) They received a ticket issued to their son for hitchhiking near Eureka, California.
(b) One of Chris's high school friends got a call from Chris.
(c) Jan Burres called them.
(d) They saw him on a newscast on TV.
4. What similar classic books are favorites of Ruess and Chris?
(a) Look Homeward Angel and Lassie Come Home.
(b) Call of the Wild and Around the World in Eighty Days.
(c) Great Expectations and Gone With the Wind.
(d) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Moby Dick.
5. After a semester at UCLA and a winter in San Francisco, what did Ruess do?
(a) Looking for someone to join his nature walks.
(b) Spent the rest of his days backpacking and sleeping on the ground.
(c) Keeping a journal that was published after his death.
(d) Studying photography.
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of people did Ruess like to spend time with?
2. What does Ruess's biographer, Ken Sleight, believe happened to Ruess?
3. When Krakauer was at the mountain he came to climb, what enhanced his emotions?
4. What news seriously alarmed Jan Burres?
5. What steps did Walt and Billie take to find Chris?
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