INTO THE WILD

Which of the following inferences is best supported by the first paragraph of the excerpt?

In May 1990, Chris graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, where he’d been a columnist for, and editor of, the student newspaper, The Emory Wheel, and had distinguished himself as a history and anthropology major with a 3.72 grade point average. He was offered membership in Phi Beta Kappa but declined, insisting that titles and honors are irrelevant.

• A. Chris was an intelligent and thoughtful young man.

• B. Chris wished he’d gone to a different school.

• C. Chris struggled as a student.

• D. Chris didn’t have a great relationship with his parents.

What does the following passage mainly reveal about Chris McCandless (paragraph 13)?

At long last he was unencumbered, emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security and material excess, a world in which he felt grievously cut off from the raw throb of existence.

• A. His parents paid his college tuition

• B. He was happy where he was and had no good reason to leave.

• C. He hoped to find a good job and make a lot of money.

• D. He felt trapped and unfulfilled before deciding to leave.

What is most closely the meaning of red tape as it is used in the following passage?

...that as a latter-day adherent of Henry David Thoreau, he took as gospel the essay “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” and thus considered it his moral responsibility to flout the laws of the state. It was improbable, however, that deputies of the federal government would share his point of view. There would be thickets of red tape to negotiate and fines to pay. His parents would no doubt be contacted.

• A. rules and regulations

• B. bloody bandages

• C. obstacles

• D. sticky material

In proper context, the title phrase Into the Wild most likely refers to ___________.

• A. becoming more like an animal

• B. making a random guess

• C. losing one’s mind

• D. leaving behind a settled life

Which of the following selections best describes Chris’s college apartment?

• A. His apartment was sparse and clean.

• B. His apartment was crowded and tacky.

• C. His apartment was tasteful and tidy.

• D. His apartment was simple and large.

Which of the following words best summarizes Chris’s feelings about his ruined car?

• A. terror

• B. delight

• C. sadness

• D. respect

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym: irrelevant

• unrelated

• journey

• escape

• laws

• disobey

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym: odyssey

• journey

• escape

• laws

• disobey

• unrelated

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym: egress

• escape

• laws

• disobey

• unrelated

• journey

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym: statutes

• laws

• disobey

• unrelated

• journey

• escape