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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Detrital Wash.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem did the authorities have after removing Chris's body?
(a) Identifying him.
(b) Keeping the body frozen.
(c) Finding enough tissue to autopsy.
(d) Getting the body to Fairbanks.

2. What did Krakauer include in the book besides events he uncovered from the life of Chris McCandless?
(a) Some of his own experiences as a young man.
(b) Some allusions to Huckelberry Finn.
(c) Adventures of several other young men.
(d) Facts and figures from the U. S. Census Bureau.

3. What was the official verdict on the cause of death?
(a) Lead poisoning.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Punctured lungs.

4. How does Krakauer classify Chris as opposed to the way most people saw him?
(a) As not very different from many idealistic, if short-sighted, young people.
(b) As mentally unbalanced.
(c) As a classic example of a true Robinson Crusoe.
(d) As a true hero others should look up to.

5. What did Chris do after Westerberg was jailed?
(a) He hitchhiked to Needles, California, then walked through the desert to Topock, Arizona.
(b) He headed north to Alaska.
(c) He stayed with Westerberg's family until he got out.
(d) He kept himself hidden because the police might have been looking for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gallien notice about Chris's boots?

2. What had Chris's mother and father offered to do after he graduated from college?

3. What is Krakauer's message by using the details of the moose hunter's trip to the bus?

4. Why was author Jon Krakauer interested in writing Chris's story?

5. What did Walt and Billie McCandless discover when they drive to Chris's apartment in Atlanta?

(see the answer key)

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