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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, The Alaska Interior.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Carine different from Chris?
(a) She is a good cook.
(b) She made peace with their parents.
(c) She always returns home when she disappears.
(d) She is interested in helping the homeless.

2. 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.

3. What food was Chris extremely fond of?
(a) Broccoli.
(b) Grilled cheese.
(c) Hotdogs.
(d) Rice.

4. What kind of business do Carine and her husband operate?
(a) An electronics shop.
(b) A daycare for the elderly.
(c) An auto repair business.
(d) A publishing company.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Krakauer include a narrative about moose hunters driving off-road trucks to get to the site Chris eventually found?

2. How did Chris describe Charlie, the man who let him stay in a vacant mobile home?

3. How did Chris get to San Francisco?

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

5. What symbol is ironic on the leather belt?

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