1. When Chris corresponded with his sister, what did he confide to her?
(a) That he planned to lull his parents into a false sense of security then cut them out of his life abruptly and decisively.
(b) That he was tired of being on the run all the time.
(c) That he would see her by Christmas time.
(d) That he would surprise them all and come home.

2. How did Chris get to San Francisco?
(a) He hitchhiked.
(b) Franz drove him there.
(c) He rode on a vegetable truck he helped load up.
(d) He had enough money for a bus ticket.

3. What was in the McCandless house that speaks to the feelings of Walt and Billie McCandless toward Chris?
(a) Clippings of newspaper articles and magazine stories about Chris.
(b) All of Chris's track trophies lined up on the mantle.
(c) A photo memorial to Chris on the dining room table.
(d) No photos of Chris in the house.

4. In Chris's relationships with people, what is the most striking contradiction?
(a) His coldness toward his parents and his warmth with people he met in his travels.
(b) His ambivalence to his family and his hatred of the people he met.
(c) His love for his family but his inability to show it.
(d) His hurtfulness toward his family and his refusal to help anyone else.

5. What surprising thing about Chris does Westerberg remember about him?
(a) That he would eventually end up in a monastery in Tibet.
(b) That he had expressed a desire to marry and have a family some day.
(c) That he secretly had a sexual fantasy about his sister.
(d) That he knew what he was doing was unfair to his parents.