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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. How is Carine different from Chris?
2. What did Billie find in the bus?
3. Chris's parents had moved, but his step brother was contacted. After he positively identified Chris, what did he do?
4. How does Roman Dial, who teaches at the University of Alaska, interpret Chris's actions?
5. What did Krakauer do similar to what Chris did when he needed to go to the village of Petersberg?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe why the McCandlesses could not take the exact trek to the bus that Chris had taken.
2. What discovery did Chris make the summer after his freshman year in college that drove a deeper wedge between him and his father?
3. What items did Billie and Walt McCandless leave behind in the bus?
4. Carine knew that Chris was leaving but she didn't know where he was going. Why?
5. What discovery about himself did Krakauer make after conquering Devil's Thumb?
6. Who was Sam McCandless, and why was he the one to notify Chris's parents?
7. What is so unusual about Chris's never seeing another human being while he was camped at the bus?
8. To show his kindred spirit with Chris, what does Krakauer write about in Chapter 14?
9. What indicates to Krakauer that there was a very close relationship between Carine and Chris?
10. What was the irony Krakauer thought about as he kept attempting to climb Devil's Thumb?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on romanticism as it pertains to frontier adventure. Use Chris, Krakauer, and Ruess from the book, but also include frontiersmen from American history and those adventurers who are at the forefront of space exploration.
Essay Topic 2
Look up four or five edible wild plants and write about them. Tell where to find them, how to prepare them for eating, whether they must be cooked, and any danger of confusing them with another plant that is poisonous.
Essay Topic 3
Write about hitchhiking. What are the dangers? Why do people not pick up hitchhikers very much? Include Gaylord Stuckey, who seldom picked up hitchhikers, and Jim Gallien who picked Chris up even though he was carrying a rifle.
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