Into the Wild Quizzes

Into the Wild Quiz 1

1 Who is the last person to see McCandless alive?
Jim Gallien

Wayne Westerberg

Gordon Samel

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

Tolstoy

John

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

Spring

Summer

Winter
4 What makes McCandless afraid of water?
Drinking bad water that makes him sick in Alaska

A flash flood that almost drowns him in the Mojave Desert

Falling into the ocean as a young child

Almost drowning in his canoe in Mexico
5 What does McCandless do in Bullhead City?
Canoes around

Works on a farm

Stays in a monastery

Works at McDonalds
6 Who does Krakauer think was most like McCandless?
John Waterman

Everett Ruess

Carl McCunn

Wayne Westerberg
7 Which of the following does not describe McCandless?
Easy going

Stubborn

Moral

Passionate
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

Mountain climbing

Skiing

Writing
10 What seems to lead to McCandless's total separation from his parents?
Their divorce

Their graduation gift of a car

Their pushing him to go to law school

His discovery of his father's secret past
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?
Volunteer at a homeless shelter

Deliver pizzas

Drive to Mexico

Camp in Alaska
13 What kind of car does Chris drive?
A Ford

A Toyota

A Volkswagen

A Datsun
14 Who of the following does not actually live an outdoorsy or adventurous life?
Everett Ruess

Jack London

Chris McCandless

Jon Krakauer
15 What does Ron Franz ask McCandless?
If he can meet his parents

If he can come with him to Alaska

For him not to go through with the Alaska trip

If he can adopt him
16 What do we know McCandless comes to regret deeply?
Not bringing more food with him into the wilderness

Killing the moose

Not telling his parents where he is

Trying to shoot a bear with his small gun
17 What prevents McCandless from leaving the wilderness on his first attempt?
He decides he can't handle readjusting to society

The Teklanika River is uncrossable

He gets too weak from food poisoning

He can't find his way
18 What does Wayne Westerberg say McCandless liked to drink?
White Russians

Green tea

Beer

White wine
19 If McCandless had had a good map with him in Alaska, what might he have seen?
A nearby hunting cabin where he could've found help

An emergency radio station not far from the bus

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

An easy back way out of his camp to a nearby town
20 What does McCandless's Alaska journal largely contain?
Explanations for all of his choices

Lists of what he ate

Descriptions of the scenery

Abstractions about nature and his own soul
21 Why is McCandless's skill at making money surprising?
Because he has trouble focusing on any one task

Because he is very bad with numbers

Because he is an irresponsible spender

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?
Walt McCandless

Carine McCandless

Sam McCandless

Chris Fish
24 What was the only thing that would've pleased Krakauer's father?
Jon becoming a doctor

Jon giving up climbing

Jon becoming a policeman

Jon climbing the Devils Thumb
25 What quality of Chris's does Carine not share?
High-achiever

Distaste for wealth

Having had a bad relationship with their parents

Intensity

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.

Asked by Ashely L #894192

Answered by Aslan on 4/27/2019 5:22 PM

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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 on 11/1/2023 4:14 AM

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Into the Wild

by Jon Krakauer

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