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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had left Chris a $40,000 inheritance for his school?
(a) A friend of the family.
(b) A former employer.
(c) A wealthy uncle.
(d) His grandmother.

2. Who did Chris meet on a trip into Salton City to get some supplies?
(a) A waitress at the small cafe.
(b) Westerberg, who is looking for work.
(c) Ron Franz, an 80-year-old man.
(d) A drifter he knew at The Slab.

3. What was the official verdict on the cause of death?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Lead poisoning.
(d) Punctured lungs.

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

5. What did Chris tell Gallien his plans were?
(a) To write a book like Thoreau.
(b) To hike from Mt. McKinley to the Gulf of Mexico.
(c) To walk into the wilderness near Denali National Park to live off the land for several months.
(d) To hike as far north as he could go.

6. Why did Chris write in his journal that hiking around Lake Meade was a mistake?
(a) There were no people anywhere around the lake.
(b) The heat was so intense that he became delirious.
(c) He had not been in a town where he could buy new boots.
(d) It was much larger than he anticipated.

7. How long did Chris survive in that hostile environment?
(a) Almost a year.
(b) Sixteen weeks.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two weeks.

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

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

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

11. What is Krakauer's obvious purpose of including the information in Chapter 9?
(a) Krakauer skillfully shows that there has never been someone like Chris McCandless.
(b) Krakauer gives examples to leave the reader confused about Chris.
(c) Krakauer points out that there have historically been examples of sick isolationists.
(d) Krakauer gradually and artfully transforms the reader's view of Chris from mentally ill isolationist to knowledgeable spiritual seeker.

12. Where did Chris meet Wayne Westerberg?
(a) In Los Angeles.
(b) In Fairbanks, Alaska.
(c) In Carthage, South Dakota.
(d) On the Colorado River.

13. Where did Chris intend to hike?
(a) Along the Alaskan Pipeline.
(b) Southwestward into Canada.
(c) Where no one had ever gone before.
(d) The Stampede Trail, a faint track in the wilderness well off the beaten path.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Chris describe Charlie, the man who let him stay in a vacant mobile home?

2. What did Chris do on frequent visits to Franz's apartment in Salton City?

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

4. What is the origin of the Stampede Trail?

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

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