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Into the Wild Vocab Unit 1

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Unable to let McCandless go, I spent more than a year retracing the _______________ path that led to his death in the Alaska taiga, chasing down the details of his peregrinations with an interest that bordered obsession."

a)

convoluted

b)

congenial

c)

cordillera

d)

portage

2.

Taiga

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

What is not a synonym for "peregrinations"

a)

Odyssey

b)

Journey

c)

Sojourn

d)

Expedition

4.

"Chris had lived off campus in a monkish room furnished with little more than a thin mattress on the floor, milk crates, and a table"


Chris' room can be described as _________________

a)

Congenial

b)

Ascetic

c)

Inimical

d)

Itinerant

5.

Chris was ________________. People could not understand his motivations for his lifestyle.

a)

Congenial

b)

Enigmatic

c)

Indelible

d)

Fulminated

6.

Someone who _______________ you might not be _____________.

a)

Fulminates; ascetic

b)

Harangues; congenial

c)

Fulminates; itinerant

d)

Harangues; burgeoning

7.

In which environment does Chris fit incongruously?

a)

Alaska

b)

At home with his parents

c)

On the Colorado River

d)

In the Salton Sea

8.

Chris hunts in Alaska without a license, canoes down the Colorado River without a permit, and crosses boarders without a passport. These are examples of him being ______________.

a)

Contumacious

b)

Inimical

c)

Perfunctory

d)

Itinerant

9.

Chris found what to be onerous?

a)

Making a leather belt with Ronald Franz

b)

Selling books with Jan Burres

c)

Foraging for food

d)

Working at McDonalds

10.

Who is inimical towards Chris?

a)

"The Bull"

b)

Wayne Westerburg

c)

Charlie

d)

Jim Gallien

11.

Which word describes this image?

a)

Vagabond

b)

Portage

c)

Dessicated

d)

Congenial

12.

"The journal entries became short and _____________. He wrote fewer than a hundred words over the month that followed"

a)

Perfunctory

b)

Desiccated

c)

Incongruous

d)

Onerous

13.

Which is not a synonym for "Vagabond"?

a)

Itinerant

b)

Vagrant

c)

Nomad

d)

Fixed

14.

What type of people does The Slabs attract?

a)

Convoluted

b)

Ascetic

c)

Itinerant

d)

Desiccated

15.

Which landscape is desiccated?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Chris is _____________ to the memories of those who met him

a)

Fulminated

b)

Ascetic

c)

Congenial

d)

Idelible

17.

"Franz relished being with McCandless, but their _____________ friendship also reminded him how lonely he'd been"

a)

Fulminated

b)

Burgeoning

c)

Onerous

d)

Portage

18.

Which is not a way to describe "filigree"

a)

Delicate

b)

Perfunctory

c)

Ornate

d)

Fine