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WorksheetsInto the Wild 2nd Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who are NOT people Chris befriends?
a)
Jan Burress
b)
Wayne Westerburg
c)
Ron Franz
d)
Dwayne Tonks
2.
How do Chris and Ron Franz meet?
a)
Chris was hitchhiking and Ron gave him a ride.
b)
Ron lived at The Slabs near Jan and Bob.
c)
Ron was one of Chris's college professors.
d)
Ron was a family friend, and Chris called him because he needed help.
3.
For a short while, McCandless worked in South Dakota for a man named
a)
Wayne Westerberg
b)
Ken Tompson
c)
Gordon Samel
d)
Ferdie Swanson
4.
Author whom Chris admired and read extensively.
a)
Dr. Seuss
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
Arthur Miller
d)
Jack London
5.
What group of Irish people does Krakauer include in Chapter 9?
a)
The papar monks
b)
The Highlanders
c)
St. Patrick monks
d)
The Riverdancers
6.
How does Krakauer answer Chris's critics?
a)
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.
b)
He maintains that Chris knew what he was doing and almost made it.
c)
He challenges anyone to do better than Chris did.
d)
He shows how Chris would have survived had it not been for an accident.
7.
According to the author, what did Chris have in common with other unsuccessful adventurers?
a)
They all left society to live off the land for a while.
b)
They were all fascinated with nature.
c)
They were over-confident and under prepared, and that led to their demise.
d)
All of the above.
8.
Both Mc Candless and Ruess followed ____
a)
Their dreams
b)
A map
c)
A girl they liked
d)
A red balloon
9.
What did Chris's friends do when they first heard about the unidentified hiker found in Alaska?
a)
They flew to Alaska to identify the body.
b)
They notified Chris's family and friends.
c)
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.
d)
They did nothing.
10.
How were authorities eventually able to positively identify the hiker as Chris McCandless?
a)
Jan and Bob contacted the authorities.
b)
Wayne Westerberg flew to Alaska to identify the body.
c)
Wayne Westerberg provided a social security number, which checked out as belonging to an individual from Virginia.
d)
Chris's half-brother identified the body.
11.
Chris realized that his best sport in high school was what?
a)
Tennis
b)
Cross Country
c)
Baseball
d)
LaCrosse
12.
The one family member who shared an affinity with Chris for the wilderness is whom?
a)
Loren
b)
Trisha
c)
Sam
d)
Everett
13.
Chris believed that wealth was shameful and corrupt. Why was ironic?
a)
He was already from a family of millionaires.
b)
He had been arrested for embezzlement.
c)
He was bankrupt.
d)
He was a capitalist and could make money.
14.
In chapter 12 we learn that Chris’s father
a)
loved his wife Billie
b)
used to live in Alaska
c)
had two separate families
d)
loved his wife Marcia
15.
Asceticism
a)
A social policy or racial segregation
b)
A movement which seeks to explore relationships between human beings
c)
The doctrine of renouncing worldly pleasures to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state
d)
Unsuitable, inconsistent or out of place
16.
Nexus
a)
A connection between things; the most important
b)
A tall height
c)
Hopeful enthusiasm
d)
Lofty ideas without support
17.
Burgeon
a)
To shun
b)
To be forgotten
c)
To strive for
d)
To bloom and grow
18.
Primordial
a)
Extremely evil in nature
b)
Existing from the beginning of time
c)
Lacking morality
d)
Before the 19th century
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