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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What shows Chris's attitude toward injustices that began when he was in college?

3. How is Carine different from Chris?

4. Chris's parents had moved, but his step brother was contacted. After he positively identified Chris, what did he do?

5. What happened 10 months after Chris's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain Jim Gillien's difficulty in contacting the Alaska police.

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

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

6. What was the irony Krakauer thought about as he kept attempting to climb Devil's Thumb?

7. What is so unusual about Chris's never seeing another human being while he was camped at the bus?

8. Who was Sam McCandless, and why was he the one to notify Chris's parents?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on your idea of living off the land. In the essay give specific details about the knowledge one would need before attempting to live that way. What skills would a person need as well? Where would be ideal locations for such an endeavor?

Essay Topic 2

Write about other people's opinions of a person. Use the examples of what Westerberg, Jan, and Franz had to say about Chris when Krakauer interviewed them. Did they express opinions that they never expressed to Chris himself? Include the confusion of Walt McCandless as he talked to Krakauer seven weeks after Chris died.

Essay Topic 3

Write about an extended trip you would like to take? Would you go alone? Would you not carry money and expect to find jobs to pay your way? Would you do any camping? Where would you go and how long would you stay?

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