Into the Wild Chapter 9

Chris's parents had moved, but his step brother was contacted.  After he positively identified Chris, what did he do?

• Contacted Gillien to get more information.
• Drove to Maryland to inform Chris's parents.
• Told his wife that he always knew Chris would end that way.
• Flew to Alaska to claim to body.

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How does Krakauer answer Chris's critics?

• He cites several examples of marginal individuals who have died in the Alaskan wilderness, presenting the details of their cases to show that McCandless was not the typical foolish individual.
• He maintains that Chris knew what he was doing and almost made it.
• He challenges anyone to do better than Chris did.
• He shows how Chris would have survived had it not been for an accident.

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According to the author, what did Chris have in common with other unsuccessful adventurers?

• They all left society to live off the land for a while.
• They were all fascinated with  nature.
• They were over-confident and under prepared, and that led to their demise.
• All of the above.

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What did Chris's friends do when they first heard about the unidentified hiker found in Alaska?  

• They flew to Alaska to identify the body.
• They notified Chris's family and friends.
• They tried to notify the Alaska State Troopers, but the authorities didn't believe them at firest because of all the responses from the public.
• They did nothing.

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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.

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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

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What information does Galiien provide the police?

• That the young man had called himself Alex and had come from South Dakota.

• That Alex's real name was Chris McCandless.

• That Alex was coughing bad when he picked him up.

• That Alex had mentioned a friend named Ron in California.

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In Chapter 10 of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, what led the authorities to check with a towing company in Santa Barbara for information on Chris?

• W4 employment records from when Chris worked there

• From a sweatshirt Chris was wearing at his death

• his towing company had impounded Chris's car

• From a key chain found among Chris's belongings

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In Into the Wild, which of Chris McCandless's friends or family members describes him as fearless, almost to the point of recklessness?

• His mother

• His sister

• His father

• His high school friends

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During his high school years, how does Chris McCandless demonstrate his concern for people in poverty in Into the Wild?

• He works at a soup kitchen.

• He gives away his savings to Oxfam.

• He runs in a race benefiting people in poverty.

• He visits them on the streets of Washington, D.C.

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