Into the Wild

Into the Wild is a/an

• autobiography (a book someone writes about themselves)

• biography (a book someone writes about someone else)

• novel (a made-up story)

• historical fiction (a made-up story about a specific time period)

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Why can you not always trust an autobiography?

• The author might want to make other people look bad.

• The author might not remember everything.

• Since the author is writing about himself, he has every reason to make himself look good.

• All of the above

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What's the best way to read a biography or an autobiography?

• You should read the text carefully and make up your own mind.

• You should believe every word that's written.

• You shouldn't believe it at all.

• You should think, "I could do a better job!"

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Chris McCandless decided to . . .

• . . . fight for environmental justice.

• . . . leave everything and go to North Dakota.

• . . . leave everything and go to Alaska.

• . . . fight for racial justice.

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Chris McCandless changed his name to . . .

• . . . Alex Whereami.

• . . . Alex Smith.

• . . . Alex Supertramp.

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Walt is . . .

• . . . Alex's dad.

• . . . Alex's dog.

• . . . related to the Walt who works here.

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Carrine is . . .

• . . . Alex's cat.

• . . . Alex's sister.

• . . . Alex's mom.

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Jim Gallien . . .

• . . . figured Alex would be ok.

• . . . gave Alex a ride to the Stampede Trail.

• . . . gave Alex a pair of rubber boots.

• . . . all of the above.

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The Stampede Trail . . .

• . . . is getting over-populated now.

• . . . is a popular tourist destination.

• . . . is really dangerous because it's really remote.

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Alex's (Chris') body was discovered . . .

• . . . in an abandoned bus.

• . . . by the river.

• . . . in a cave.

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