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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Chesapeake Beach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Still calling himself by another name, Chris met two drifters who befriend him. Who were they?
(a) Jan Burres and her boyfriend Bob.
(b) Betty Burres and her father Edgar.
(c) Martha Burres and her son Tom.
(d) Jane Burres and her nephew Fred.

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 Butch Killian want to do when he arrived on the bus scene where Chris had died?
(a) He wanted to contact the state police to come and remove the body.
(b) He wanted to form a search party to see if there was anyone else with the dead boy.
(c) He wanted to contact the media because it was a great story.
(d) He wanted to burn the bus to rid it of the smell.

4. What parallel does Krakauer draw between Chris and Carl McCunn?
(a) Both Chris and McCunn were gainfully employed when they went on their fatal trips.
(b) Like Chris, McCunn ruined his camera in the Alaskan wilderness.
(c) Both of them were serious dropouts from society.
(d) McCunn died in the Alaskan wilderness because of an oversight just as Chris did.

5. What important work does Walt McCandless do?
(a) Nuclear physicist.
(b) Advanced radar technology.
(c) CIA undercover.
(d) Biochemist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect had Chris had on Ronald Franz?

2. What family outings did the McCandless family mention to Krakauer?

3. What response does Krakauer report that he got from his OUTSIDE Magazine article on Chris?

4. Although Waterman became something of a local hero, what job did he have in Fairbanks?

5. What was the official verdict on the cause of death?

(see the answer key)

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