1. Why did Chris adopt the name Alex Burres?
(a) He realized he needed a second name.
(b) He became a surrogate for Jan Burres's estranged son.
(c) He liked the initials AB.
(d) He took it when people thought he was Jan's son.

2. What is ironic about Krakauer's descriptions of Walt McCandless and that of his rebellious son, Chris?
(a) Krakauer describes Chris and Walt McCandless as being very similar, both stubborn and temperamental individuals.
(b) Walt had always been kind and generous but Chris had always been aloof.
(c) Chris was a carbon copy of his father when he was that age.
(d) Walt and Chris believe in the same socialistic things.

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

4. What complication did Chris face while living in The Slabs?
(a) He could produce no identification when the border patrol came to the camp.
(b) He got into an argument with Jan Burres.
(c) The other drifters believed he was an undercover cop.
(d) Tracy, a 17-year-old girl developed a huge crush on him.

5. What human contact did Chris have as he hikeed West from Lake Mead?
(a) Men working on an oil drilling rig.
(b) A troop of Boy Scouts.
(c) People in a small village.
(d) A few vagabonds and some law officers.