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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what point did Chris stop writing in his journal?
(a) When he decided that no one would ever read it.
(b) When it accidentally fell into his campfire one night.
(c) When his camera was ruined and he buried it outside of Vegas.
(d) When it had no more blank pages.

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

3. Still calling himself by another name, Chris met two drifters who befriend him. Who were they?
(a) Betty Burres and her father Edgar.
(b) Jane Burres and her nephew Fred.
(c) Martha Burres and her son Tom.
(d) Jan Burres and her boyfriend Bob.

4. Where did Chris McCandless come from?
(a) Berkley, California.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) New York City.
(d) Houston, Texas.

5. How did Walt and Billie McCandless learn in Chapter 4 where their son might be?
(a) One of Chris's high school friends got a call from Chris.
(b) They received a ticket issued to their son for hitchhiking near Eureka, California.
(c) Jan Burres called them.
(d) They saw him on a newscast on TV.

6. What similar classic books are favorites of Ruess and Chris?
(a) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Moby Dick.
(b) Look Homeward Angel and Lassie Come Home.
(c) Call of the Wild and Around the World in Eighty Days.
(d) Great Expectations and Gone With the Wind.

7. Where did Krakaeur meet Westerberg?
(a) In the Caberet in Carthage.
(b) In the Daily News in Carthage.
(c) At a Texaco station in Carthage.
(d) At his house in Carthage.

8. What Tolstoy book was found inside the bus?
(a) The Cherry Orchard.
(b) The Gulag Archipeliago.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) Family Happiness.

9. What event happened in April 1992 that prompted the writing of Into The Wild?
(a) Christopher McCandless hitchhiked to Alaska and entered the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley and four months later, a party of hunters found his body.
(b) Christopher McCandless disappeared and no one ever knew what happened to him.
(c) An 80-year-old man called OUTSIDE Magazine to tell them about Chris McCandless.
(d) There was a volcano that killed a young man named Christopher McCandless.

10. What do some people think about Chris McCandless?
(a) That he was a foolish boy who threw away his life.
(b) That he was murdered in Alaska.
(c) That he was accident prone.
(d) That he had the spirit of Daniel Boone.

11. What prevented Jan and Bob from going to Bullhead City to pick Chris up?
(a) He arrived at their door before they could leave.
(b) Their mobile home broke down.
(c) Information that they were wanted by the police.
(d) A series of freak desert storms.

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

13. After surviving 10 years living off the land, what became of Rosellini?
(a) He went on the lecture tour.
(b) He traveled around the world backpacking.
(c) He settled down in a small town and raised a family.
(d) He commited suicide and left no note.

14. What was Chris's plan for after college that he did not tell his family?
(a) He planed to marry a girl his parents did not approve of.
(b) He planed to go on an indefinite road trip.
(c) He planed to commit suicide.
(d) He planed to go live in Mexico.

15. What is the tone of Krakauer's book?
(a) Compassionate.
(b) Defiant.
(c) Angry.
(d) Fearful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Chris intend to hike?

2. What item of clothing did Chris seem to abhor?

3. Where did Jim Gallien first encounter Chris?

4. How do Waterman and Chris differ?

5. How did Chris introduce himself to Gallien?

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