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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Virginia Beach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Walt and Billie McCandless discover when they drive to Chris's apartment in Atlanta?
(a) That there was no such address.
(b) That Chris had never lived there.
(c) That the building had been torn down.
(d) That he had moved out three months before.

2. What did Chris do on frequent visits to Franz's apartment in Salton City?
(a) Read Franz's books.
(b) His laundry and learn leathercraft.
(c) Work out in Franz's garage.
(d) Clean house for Franz.

3. How did Chris describe Charlie, the man who let him stay in a vacant mobile home?
(a) As being benevolent.
(b) As uneducated.
(c) As a lunatic.
(d) As a father figure.

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

5. What comment does Krakauer make about Chris's fondness for Jack London?
(a) That London lectured against doing exactly what Chris was doing.
(b) That London had never actually been in Alaska.
(c) That Chris did not recognize London's lifestyle was different from the people he wrote about.
(d) That London's books had all been proven to be false.

Short Answer Questions

1. In light of his own experiences, what does Krakauer think of Chris's tactics?

2. Why did Chris adopt the name Alex Burres?

3. Still calling himself by another name, Chris met two drifters who befriend him. Who were they?

4. How had Chris already been separating himself from his family?

5. How did Chris introduce himself to Gallien?

(see the answer key)

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