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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. When Krakauer reached an impassable place on the mountain, what did he do?
(a) He started traveling horizontally on the mountain.
(b) He radioed for help.
(c) There was nothing to do but descend.
(d) He sat down and cried.

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

3. What human contact did Chris have as he hikeed West from Lake Mead?
(a) A few vagabonds and some law officers.
(b) Men working on an oil drilling rig.
(c) A troop of Boy Scouts.
(d) People in a small village.

4. What alias did Ruess carve on the walls of the canyon?
(a) Frost.
(b) Ahab.
(c) Yosemite Sam.
(d) Nemo.

5. Where did Chris's canoe trip eventually take him after going as far as he could down the Colorado River?
(a) He retraced his way back upstream.
(b) Some duck hunters agreed to drive him to the Gulf of California.
(c) He headed South and ended up in Acapulco.
(d) He ended up staying with a Mexican family for six weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave Krakauer dinner and a place to sleep in Petersberg?

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

3. What is Krakauer's obvious purpose of including the information in Chapter 9?

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

5. How did Walt and Billie McCandless learn in Chapter 4 where their son might be?

(see the answer key)

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