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WorksheetsInto the Wild Vocab Unit 1
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
"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."
convoluted
congenial
cordillera
portage
Taiga
What is not a synonym for "peregrinations"
Odyssey
Journey
Sojourn
Expedition
"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 _________________
Congenial
Ascetic
Inimical
Itinerant
Chris was ________________. People could not understand his motivations for his lifestyle.
Congenial
Enigmatic
Indelible
Fulminated
Someone who _______________ you might not be _____________.
Fulminates; ascetic
Harangues; congenial
Fulminates; itinerant
Harangues; burgeoning
In which environment does Chris fit incongruously?
Alaska
At home with his parents
On the Colorado River
In the Salton Sea
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 ______________.
Contumacious
Inimical
Perfunctory
Itinerant
Chris found what to be onerous?
Making a leather belt with Ronald Franz
Selling books with Jan Burres
Foraging for food
Working at McDonalds
Who is inimical towards Chris?
"The Bull"
Wayne Westerburg
Charlie
Jim Gallien
Which word describes this image?
Vagabond
Portage
Dessicated
Congenial
"The journal entries became short and _____________. He wrote fewer than a hundred words over the month that followed"
Perfunctory
Desiccated
Incongruous
Onerous
Which is not a synonym for "Vagabond"?
Itinerant
Vagrant
Nomad
Fixed
What type of people does The Slabs attract?
Convoluted
Ascetic
Itinerant
Desiccated
Which landscape is desiccated?
Chris is _____________ to the memories of those who met him
Fulminated
Ascetic
Congenial
Idelible
"Franz relished being with McCandless, but their _____________ friendship also reminded him how lonely he'd been"
Fulminated
Burgeoning
Onerous
Portage
Which is not a way to describe "filigree"
Delicate
Perfunctory
Ornate
Fine
