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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Alaska.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Chris carrying when he met Jim Gallien?
(a) A battered canoe.
(b) A plastic bag of groceries.
(c) A small dog.
(d) A rifle.

2. How had Chris already been separating himself from his family?
(a) By not speaking to them for months at a time.
(b) By only meeting them occasionally at a restaurant.
(c) By living off campus in a room that had no phone.
(d) By going out of town for holidays and weekends.

3. What message did Chris leave taped to the door of the bus?
(a) That he would return in an hour.
(b) That he had staked a claim on this bus.
(c) That he was near death.
(d) That visitors were welcome.

4. What unusual political action did Waterman take after his climb?
(a) He campaigned for LBJ.
(b) He applied to go to West Point.
(c) He ran for President of the United States.
(d) He got elected to the Fairbanks School Board.

5. What happened when the moose hunters got to the bus where they plan to camp out?
(a) The bus was a burned out shell.
(b) There was a pack of wolves surrounding the bus.
(c) There was a terrible smell coming from inside the bus.
(d) The bus had been moved and they didn't know where to look for it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some people think about Chris McCandless?

2. After a series of misadventures on his way to San Diego, why did Chris call Franz?

3. How does Krakauer classify Chris as opposed to the way most people saw him?

4. What did Butch Killian want to do when he arrived on the bus scene where Chris had died?

5. What strange actions did Chris take right after graduating college?

(see the answer key)

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