Into the Wild Ch 16 Reading Check

McCandless asked the RV transporting truck driver — Stuckey — to drop him off at which location?

• The Volkswagen bus in the woods
• The ocean
• The base of a mountain
• The university in Anchorage

McCandless shot and unsuccessfully attempted to preserve the meat of what animal?

• A wild boar
• A turkey
• A moose
• A deer

Which of the following was NOT something that Krakauer described McCandless doing in the woods?

• Reading
• Hunting game
• Journaling
• Trail running

What barrier stopped McCandless when he tried to hike out of the woods along the path he hiked in on?

• The river was too dangerous to cross
• He couldn’t remember the way
• He forgot his most important book
• A landslide of rocks

What did Stuckey ask Chris to do?

• Take more food with him.

• Postpone his trip until later in the summer

• Call his parents and write to him when he returned from Alaska

• Forget Alaska and return to Virginia

The heaviest item in Chris's backpack was...

• his bag of rice

• his library

• his ammunition

• his camera supplies

What nickname did Chris give Bus 142?

• Magic Bus

• Rusty

• Four-Wheeled Wonder

• Alaskan Airstream

In what month did Chris arrive in Alaska?

• March

• April

• May

• June

Which of the following is NOT an example of game successfully hunted by Chris?

• porcupine

• squirrel

• bear

• grouse

Read this excerpt: McCandless had told Gallien that he intended to remain on the move during his stay in the bush. "I'm just going to take off and keep walking west," he'd said. "I might walk all the way to the Bering Sea." On May 5, after pausing for four days at the bus, he resumed his perambulation.

Using context clues, what is the best definition of "perambulation"?

• rest

• contemplation

• travel

• journal