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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What alias did Ruess carve on the walls of the canyon?
(a) Ahab.
(b) Frost.
(c) Nemo.
(d) Yosemite Sam.

3. At which stop did Chris remain for the longest time?
(a) Back at the Westenberg's house.
(b) In Bullhead City, Arizona.
(c) On the coast in Oregon.
(d) In Fairbanks, Alaska.

4. How do Waterman and Chris differ?
(a) Chris was afraid of the water and Waterman feared heights.
(b) Chris was able to make friends, Waterman was socially awkward.
(c) Chris burned his money, but Waterman always had money with him.
(d) Chis was short and Waterman was very tall.

5. What does Krakauer think might have made the difference in Chris's survival?
(a) If he had not made one or two critical mistakes.
(b) If he had brought along some brandy.
(c) If he had taken someone with him.
(d) If he had found a warmer shelter in Alaska.

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

7. What did Chris and Ruess each do shortly before their deaths?
(a) Burn their money.
(b) Write out a will.
(c) Post several letters.
(d) Dig their graves.

8. To whom did Chris send a postcard from Bullhead City?
(a) Westerberg.
(b) His ex-girlfriend.
(c) Jan Buress.
(d) His sister.

9. Impressed with Chris's intelligence, what did Franz try to get him to do?
(a) Get an education.
(b) Write a book about his travels.
(c) Start teaching young people.
(d) Clean up and get a good job.

10. 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.

11. What indicates that Chris intended his Alaska trip to be his final great adventure?
(a) Before leaving, Alex promised Westerberg he would return in time for the fall harvest.
(b) He talked about returning to take care of Ron Franz.
(c) He had lost a great deal of weight and looked ill.
(d) He said he was sure this trip would tire him out completely.

12. Where did Alex stay outside of Salton City?
(a) Palm Springs.
(b) Right at Oh-My-God Hot Springs.
(c) Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
(d) Joshua Tree National Park.

13. In Chris's relationships with people, what is the most striking contradiction?
(a) His ambivalence to his family and his hatred of the people he met.
(b) His coldness toward his parents and his warmth with people he met in his travels.
(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.

14. Why did Krakauer include so much about the McCandless family in Chapter 3?
(a) Just for conversation with Wayne Westerberg.
(b) To give the reader an idea that Chris might change his mind.
(c) To make Chris seem thoughtless and cold.
(d) To contrast them with the adoptive Westerberg family.

15. What is Krakauer's thesis about Chris?
(a) That Chris was never in full command of his faculties.
(b) That no one had fully informed Chris about all the dangers he faced.
(c) That Chris had been given misinformation that led to his doing the wrong things.
(d) That McCandless understood the risks he faced and came fully prepared to surmount them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Krakauer answer Chris's critics?

2. What is Krakauer's obvious purpose of including the information in Chapter 9?

3. What did Chris make at Franz's house?

4. Who had carved a passage from the creek up to the dry gulch?

5. What did Chris do after Westerberg was jailed?

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