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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Chris leave from on April 15, 1992 on his journey to Alaska?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Carthage.
(c) Los angeles.
(d) Oregon.

2. What happened to Billie in July of 1992?
(a) She had a nervous breakdown.
(b) She had a vivid dream of Chris calling her for help.
(c) She was diagnosed with cancer.
(d) She had a dibilitating auto accident.

3. What did Walt leave in the bus?
(a) An emergency radio operated by a hand crank.
(b) A memorial plaque.
(c) A flashlight and some batteries.
(d) A book about edible plants in the area.

4. What spurred Krakauer on after his failed attempt to climb Devil's Thumb?
(a) His mood after he naps.
(b) The prospect of defeat.
(c) The fact that he has enough food to try again.
(d) A spider that keeps working after its web breaks.

5. What did Krakauer do similar to what Chris did when he needed to go to the village of Petersberg?
(a) He sent postcards to friends.
(b) He abandoned his car.
(c) He bought a big bag of rice.
(d) He burned his money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about August 5?

2. Two decades later, what has Krakauer learned about his relationship with his father?

3. A year after Chris's death, what did Krakauer observe on the banks of the Teklanika River where Chris had been unable to cross?

4. What trait did sports reveal in Chris?

5. What connection did Jim Gallien make when he read the article about Chris's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Chris manage the last leg of his trip into Fairbanks?

2. What indicates to Krakauer that there was a very close relationship between Carine and Chris?

3. What do Carine and her parents regret after the fact of Chris's death?

4. How was Krakauer's Alaska experience different from Chris's?

5. In Chris's journal, what did he think was happening to him?

6. Carine knew that Chris was leaving but she didn't know where he was going. Why?

7. What discovery did Chris make the summer after his freshman year in college that drove a deeper wedge between him and his father?

8. How does swainsonine become lethal in the body?

9. As Krakauer, visiting the site, stood on the banks of the raging Teklanika River, what advantage did he have that Chris did not have?

10. What defense does Krakauer make of Chris's ability to survive in the wild?

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