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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Bullhead City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the origin of the Stampede Trail?
(a) A trail left when Stampede Creek changed its course.
(b) A trail originally laid out by Virgil Stampede in the 1800s.
(c) The trail that originally led to Pilgrim's mining claims along Stampede Creek.
(d) An old trail made by stampeding cattle.

2. What prevented Jan and Bob from going to Bullhead City to pick Chris up?
(a) A series of freak desert storms.
(b) Their mobile home broke down.
(c) Information that they were wanted by the police.
(d) He arrived at their door before they could leave.

3. After dropping Chris off, why did Gallien decide not to notify the authorities?
(a) He planned to return to check up on Chris.
(b) He promised he would not do that.
(c) He decided Chris would give up on his foolish plan soon enough.
(d) It slipped his mind after he got back to town.

4. Who had left Chris a $40,000 inheritance for his school?
(a) A wealthy uncle.
(b) A friend of the family.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) A former employer.

5. What did Chris tell Gallien his plans were?
(a) To hike as far north as he could go.
(b) To walk into the wilderness near Denali National Park to live off the land for several months.
(c) To hike from Mt. McKinley to the Gulf of Mexico.
(d) To write a book like Thoreau.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Krakaeur meet Westerberg?

2. Why did Krakauer include so much about the McCandless family in Chapter 3?

3. What item of clothing did Chris seem to abhor?

4. Where did Jim Gallien first encounter Chris?

5. Where did Chris live while he was in Carthage?

(see the answer key)

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