Into the Wild
Quiz 1
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  1. Who is the last person to see McCandless alive?
Jim Gallien
Gaylord Stuckey
Gordon Samel
Wayne Westerberg
 
  1. What name does McCandless go by after leaving Atlanta?
John
Tolstoy
Chris
Alex
 
  1.  In what season does McCandless go into the wilderness?
Winter
Summer
Fall
Spring
 
  1.  What makes McCandless afraid of water?
Almost drowning in his canoe in Mexico
A flash flood that almost drowns him in the Mojave Desert
Falling into the ocean as a young child
Drinking bad water that makes him sick in Alaska
 
  1.  What does McCandless do in Bullhead City?
Canoes around
Works on a farm
Works at McDonalds
Stays in a monastery
 
  1. Who does Krakauer think was most like McCandless?
Carl McCunn
Wayne Westerberg
Everett Ruess
John Waterman
 
  1. Which of the following does not describe McCandless?
Passionate
Stubborn
Easy going
Moral
 
  1. Which of the following does McCandless declare himself a fan of, which is surprising, considering his tastes and beliefs?
Ronald Reagan
Tolstoy
Jack London
George H. W. Bush
 
  1. What is Krakauer's obsession in his early twenties?
Mountain climbing
Skiing
Writing
Hunting
 
  1. What seems to lead to McCandless's total separation from his parents?
Their divorce
His discovery of his father's secret past
Their pushing him to go to law school
Their graduation gift of a car
 
  1.  In what is McCandless living at the end of his life?
A bus
A cave
A tree house
A tent
 
  1. What does McCandless do the summer after his sophomore year of college?
Volunteer at a homeless shelter
Drive to Mexico
Camp in Alaska
Deliver pizzas
 
  1.  What kind of car does Chris drive?
A Ford
A Toyota
A Volkswagen
A Datsun
 
  1.  Who of the following does not actually live an outdoorsy or adventurous life?
Jon Krakauer
Chris McCandless
Jack London
Everett Ruess
 
  1. What does Ron Franz ask McCandless?
If he can meet his parents
If he can come with him to Alaska
If he can adopt him
For him not to go through with the Alaska trip
 
 
  1.  What do we know McCandless comes to regret deeply?
Not telling his parents where he is
Trying to shoot a bear with his small gun
Not bringing more food with him into the wilderness
Killing the moose
 
  1. What prevents McCandless from leaving the wilderness on his first attempt?
He can't find his way
He gets too weak from food poisoning
The Teklanika River is uncrossable
He decides he can't handle readjusting to society
 
  1. What does Wayne Westerberg say McCandless liked to drink?
Beer
White wine
Green tea
White Russians
 
  1.  If McCandless had had a good map with him in Alaska, what might he have seen?
An easy way to cross the Teklanika, only half a mile downstream
An easy back way out of his camp to a nearby town
A nearby hunting cabin where he could've found help
An emergency radio station not far from the bus
  1.  What does McCandless's Alaska journal largely contain?
Lists of what he ate
Abstractions about nature and his own soul
Descriptions of the scenery
Explanations for all of his choices
 
  1.  Why is McCandless's skill at making money surprising?
Because he believes wealth is inherently evil
Because he has trouble focusing on any one task
Because he is very bad with numbers
Because he is an irresponsible spender
 
  1. Which extracurricular activity is McCandless involved in at Emory?
The outdoors club
College Democrats Club
Writing for the newspaper
Cross country
 
  1. Who is the first in the family to find out about Chris's death?
Walt McCandless
Carine McCandless
Chris Fish
Sam McCandless
  1. What was the only thing that would've pleased Krakauer's father?
Jon climbing the Devils Thumb
Jon becoming a policeman
Jon becoming a doctor
Jon giving up climbing
 
  1. What quality of Chris's does Carine not share?
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