Into the Wild Chapter 9

What group of people does Krakauer include in Chapter 9?

• The papar monks

• The Highlanders

• St. Patrick monks

• The Riverdancers

What happened at Davis Gulch in Utah along Lake Powell?

• McCandless inscribed a brief poem on the canyon wall

• John Waterman became the youngest person to scale the canyon walls

• Everett Ruess mysteriously disappeared

• They did nothing.Gene Rossellini devoted his life to anthropological experiment

How were authorities eventually able to positively identify the hiker as Chris McCandless?

• Jan and Bob contacted the authorities.
• Wayne Westerberg flew to Alaska to identify the body.
• Wayne Westerberg provided a social security number, which checked out as belonging to an individual from Virginia.  
• Chris's half-brother identified the body.

Who was the first family member to be notified of Chris's death?

• His mother, Billie
• His sister, Corine
• His father, Walter
• His brother, Sam

How was Gallien involved in the activities related to identifying the dead hitchhiker found on the bus?

• He contacted Chris’ half-brother Sam after finding him in the phonebook

• He went to the Fairfax County Police Department and identified photos of the hiker that had been faxed from Fairfax

• He gave the police what ended up being a false lead

• He wasn’t involved at all

On weekends, when his high school pals were attending “keggers” and trying to sneak into Georgetown bars, McCandless would...

• diligently study in the university library about edible plants

• wander the streets trying to help prostitutes and homeless people

• drink quietly in his dorm room

• spend time with his sister Carine

Which of the following sports did Chris view as intensely spiritual – on the verge of being a religion?

• racquetball

• skiing

• running

• golf

Billie thought it was ironic that McCandless believed that “wealth was shameful, corrupting, inherently evil” because...

• “Chris was studying to be a lawyer.”

• Chris was a child of privilege.”

• “Chris really wanted to make a difference in the world.”

• “Chris was a natural born capitalist with an uncanny knack for making a buck.”

Chris relationship with his family rapidly deteriorated the summer

after his high school graduation. What reason does Krakauer imply is responsible for Chris withdrawal and smoldering anger?

• Chris parents refusal to allow him to take Buckley, the family dog, on a cross-country trip

• A discovery he made while on a cross-country trip to El Segundo, CA.

• Chris parents refused to allow him to attend Emory in Atlanta, insisting he take a scholarship offer employer at home in Annandale

• Chris parents ignored his request to not give or receive gifts

Which of the following is NOT true of Christopher McCandless’ childhood?

• He became a talented racquetball player by following his father’s coaching lessons on nuance, strategy, and technique.

• As eight years old, he grew and then sold vegetables door to door around the neighborhood.

• In the third grade, he spent a week trying to get himself out of a gifted program because it required extra work.

• At the age of two he got up in the middle of the night to raid a neighbor’s candy drawer.