Into the Wild Quizzes

Into the Wild Quiz 1

1 Who is the last person to see McCandless alive?
Gordon Samel

Jim Gallien

Wayne Westerberg

Gaylord Stuckey
2 What name does McCandless go by after leaving Atlanta?
John

Tolstoy

Alex

Chris
3 In what season does McCandless go into the wilderness?
Summer

Spring

Fall

Winter
4 What makes McCandless afraid of water?
Falling into the ocean as a young child

Almost drowning in his canoe in Mexico

A flash flood that almost drowns him in the Mojave Desert

Drinking bad water that makes him sick in Alaska
5 What does McCandless do in Bullhead City?
Works on a farm

Canoes around

Works at McDonalds

Stays in a monastery
6 Who does Krakauer think was most like McCandless?
John Waterman

Carl McCunn

Wayne Westerberg

Everett Ruess
7 Which of the following does not describe McCandless?
Passionate

Easy going

Stubborn

Moral
8 Which of the following does McCandless declare himself a fan of, which is surprising, considering his tastes and beliefs?
Ronald Reagan

Jack London

George H. W. Bush

Tolstoy
9 What is Krakauer's obsession in his early twenties?
Hunting

Writing

Skiing

Mountain climbing
10 What seems to lead to McCandless's total separation from his parents?
His discovery of his father's secret past

Their divorce

Their pushing him to go to law school

Their graduation gift of a car
11 In what is McCandless living at the end of his life?
A cave

A tent

A treehouse

A bus
12 What does McCandless do the summer after his sophomore year of college?
Camp in Alaska

Deliver pizzas

Volunteer at a homeless shelter

Drive to Mexico
13 What kind of car does Chris drive?
A Datsun

A Toyota

A Volkswagen

A Ford
14 Who of the following does not actually live an outdoorsy or adventurous life?
Chris McCandless

Jack London

Jon Krakauer

Everett Ruess
15 What does Ron Franz ask McCandless?
For him not to go through with the Alaska trip

If he can come with him to Alaska

If he can adopt him

If he can meet his parents
16 What do we know McCandless comes to regret deeply?
Trying to shoot a bear with his small gun

Not bringing more food with him into the wilderness

Killing the moose

Not telling his parents where he is
17 What prevents McCandless from leaving the wilderness on his first attempt?
He gets too weak from food poisoning

He can't find his way

He decides he can't handle readjusting to society

The Teklanika River is uncrossable
18 What does Wayne Westerberg say McCandless liked to drink?
Green tea

White wine

White Russians

Beer
19 If McCandless had had a good map with him in Alaska, what might he have seen?
An easy back way out of his camp to a nearby town

An easy way to cross the Teklanika, only half a mile downstream

A nearby hunting cabin where he could've found help

An emergency radio station not far from the bus
20 What does McCandless's Alaska journal largely contain?
Abstractions about nature and his own soul

Descriptions of the scenery

Explanations for all of his choices

Lists of what he ate
21 Why is McCandless's skill at making money surprising?
Because he is very bad with numbers

Because he is an irresponsible spender

Because he has trouble focusing on any one task

Because he believes wealth is inherently evil
22 Which extracurricular is McCandless involved in at Emory?
The outdoors club

Cross country

Writing for the newspaper

College Democrats Club
23 Who is the first in the family to find out about Chris's death?
Sam McCandless

Carine McCandless

Chris Fish

Walt McCandless
24 What was the only thing that would've pleased Krakauer's father?
Jon becoming a policeman

Jon climbing the Devils Thumb

Jon giving up climbing

Jon becoming a doctor
25 What quality of Chris's does Carine not share?
Intensity

Having had a bad relationship with their parents

Distaste for wealth

High-achiever

Remembering that the Latin prefix ir- means "not," use the context clues in the first paragraph of the passage to define the word irrelevant.

I do not know what specific passage you are referring to.

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Answered by Aslan a year ago 1/18/2024 4:14 AM

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This chapter begins with a quote from Jack London. Who is he and what has he written?

Jack London is a famous author. He wrote The Call of the Wild, White Fang, To Build a Fire, and a variety of other books.

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The purpose of ch 4 in into the wild

The purpose of chapter 4 is to show Chris's wish to shed his worldly possessions, even his identity, and make his way unencumbered by societal possessions. In October 1990, McCandless’s Datsun is found abandoned in the Mojave Desert by Bud Walsh,...

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Answered by Aslan a year ago 11/1/2023 4:14 AM

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by Jon Krakauer

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