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Duplicate of Into the Wild [Ch. 1-8]
Duplicate of Into the Wild [Ch. 1-8]
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Quiz questions & a few SAT Vocabulary items.
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1
Who, in these chapters, wanted to adopt Chris?
Ron Franz
Jan Burres
Wayne Westerberg
Jon Krakauer
2
Wayne Westerberg says which of these things about Chris’s view on relationships?
"wrong if you think joy emanates only from human relations-"
"...happiness needed to be shared."
"He didn't take relationships lightly"
"I knew I'd never see him again...didn't seem to bother him"
3
BONUS #1: The way he wanders around, without anyone looking after him, Chris is a bit like a...
gamin
glutton
forbear
fawn
4
How old is Chris when Jim Gallien picks him up in Alaska?
24
18
29
32
5
What kind of car did Chris drive?
Toyota
Datsun
Honda
Ford
6
RonFranz was a talented
leatherworker
carpenter
cobbler
weaver
7
How did Chris lose his car?
He gave it away to a homeless man.
It ran out of gas and he had no money to fill the tank.
in a collision with another car
in a flash flood
8
Who was the Mayor of Hippie Cove?
Carl McCunn
Gene Rosellini
Chris McCandless
Jon Krakauer
9
McCandless was described by his various acquaintances as all of these adjectives
except
confused
personable
stubborn
outgoing
10
Chris made an instant connection with Wayne Westerberg’s…
sister
neice
mother
girlfriend
11
BONUS #5: The passage in which Krakauer describes Chris's body is quite ____.
fortuitous
idiosyncratic
harrowing
fickle
12
BONUS #4: Chris traveled under the ____ of Alexander Supertramp.
husbandry
guise
girth
fjord
13
BONUS #2: Chris's parents must have constantly wondered why he decided to ___ them like he did.
harangue
hovel
expunge
forsake
14
While in Bullhead City, McCandless worked at...
Burger King
Wendy's
McDonald's
Jack-in-the-Box
15
McCandless was constantly talking to Jan, and anyone else he met, about...
the books he read
Alaska
his parents
his job with Wayne W.
16
Why did Chris go to jail after he came back from Mexico?
He brought an illegal immigrant with him.
He tried to import tequila.
He stole money from a local business.
He had no identification.
17
What did Chris steal from Crazy Ernie's farm?
a cow
a gun
a bicycle
food
18
McCandless’scamp in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park was just past the
“Oh-My-God Hot Springs”
“Heaven Help Us Hot Springs”
“Don’t Look Now Hot Springs”
“Hippie Haven Hot Springs”
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BONUS #3: Chris seemed like a loner, yet he made friends along his journey. How ____-seeming!
incongruous
fortuitous
histrionic
gossamer
20
WhenRon Franz heard that McCandless died, he...
became an atheist
killed himself
moved back home
went to Alaska
21
What was the general opinion given by native Alaskans of McCandless’s adventures?
He was well prepared for his adventure anddied by accident.
He was foolish to think he could live offthe land.
He was determined to succeed, and wastherefore expected to.
He was brave for taking on such a dauntingtask.
22
In Ch. 8, Krakauer uses the lives of how many other men to draw comparisons with McCandless?
8
2
5
10
23
What did the coroner determine the cause of Chris’s death to be?
frost bite
suicide
cancer
starvation
24
BONUS #6: Reading Thoreau, Emerson, & London, Chris was a ____ for philosophy & literature.
hovel
fathom
forbear
glutton
25
Jon Krakauer, at the end of Chapter 8, describes McCandless as a...
lost soul
sociopath
nutcase
pilgrim
26
McCandless practiced (which followed one of his life-long literary heroes)
Buddhism
Catholicism
spiritualism
chastity
