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Into the Wild Chapters 1-6 (Bellantonio)

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 3hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What alter ego/alias does Chris McCandless use?

a)

Chris Cross

b)

Joe Pesce

c)

Chris Topher

d)

Alex Supertramp

2.
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
3.
The name of the trail McCandless followed was 
a)
The Appalachian 
b)
The Stampede Trail
c)
The Oregon Trail
d)
The Pacific Coast Trail
4.
McCandless's body was found in 
a)
a bus left behind by a construction company
b)
an abandoned cabin
c)
a tattered tent
d)
a sleeping bag on the trail
5.
McCandless is from 
a)
Alsaka
b)
North Dakota
c)
Georgia
d)
Virginia
6.
McCandless kept in touch with his parents and told them where he was going and what he was doing.
a)
True
b)
False
7.

Who is the only person in Chris's family whom he got along with?

a)

His dad (Walt)

b)

His mom (Billie)

c)

His sister (Carine)

d)

No one that's why he left

8.

What does Chris McCandless do with his savings account?

a)

Buys a ticket to Alaska

b)

Donates it to charity

c)

Leaves it for his sister

d)

Goes on a cruise

9.

What type of car did Chris have?

a)

a blue VW

b)

a green Honda

c)

a yellow Datsun

d)

a red Mustang

10.

What happens to Chris's yellow car?

a)

Abandoned by Chris and found by police who used it as an undercover drug vehicle

b)

Found by the police who ran the plates and reported the vehicle to the McCandless family

c)

Washed away by Chris and found by a private investigator

11.

What was one of the jobs that McCandless had during his journey?

a)

He worked as a mechanic.

b)

He was at Walmart.

c)

He worked at McDonalds.

12.

What was one of the jobs that McCandless had during his journey?

a)

He worked as a mechanic.

b)

He was at Walmart.

c)

He worked at McDonalds.

13.

Ronald Franz taught Chris what form of art when he met him?

a)

oil painting

b)

sculpting

c)

calligraphy

d)

carvings in leather

14.

How did Chris McCandless die?

a)

He committed suicide.

b)

He died from starvation/malnutrition.

c)

He drowned in the river.

d)

He died from cancer

15.

Who was Ronald Franz?

a)

A man who taught Chris who to work with leather. He wanted to adopt Chris.

b)

The author who researched Chris's story.

c)

He was Chris's employer at one point.

16.

Who is Wayne Westerberg?

a)

He is the man who hired Chris at one point and he helped identify the dead body as Chris.

b)

He is the man who taught Chris how to work leather.

c)

He is Chris's half-brother who identified his body.

17.

Which description best describes Jim Gallien?

a)

Someone who built a deep connection with Chris and offered to adopt him as a grandchild.

b)

Someone Chris worked for in South Dakota.

c)

The last person who saw Chris McCandless alive. This person picked Chris as a hitchhiker in Alaska.

d)

Described as a drifter. Chris stayed with this person while in Slab City.

18.

Which description best describes Ronald Franz?

a)

Someone who built a deep connection with Chris and offered to adopt him as a grandchild.

b)

Someone Chris worked for in South Dakota.

c)

One of the first people to discover Chris's body in the bus while on a hunting trip.

d)

Described as a drifter. Chris stayed with this person while in Slab City.

19.

Sticking your head into a lion's mouth would most likely be a ______ decision?

a)

Meander

b)

Vagabond

c)

Contumacious

d)

Foolhardy

20.

Chris' family was well to do or ______?

a)

affluent

b)

convoluted

c)

sonorous

d)

transcenden

21.

Chris was an avid swimmer, he swam in college.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

A passage that is impossible to travel on is?

a)

vagabond

b)

unnavigable

c)

contumacious

d)

meander

23.

How long is Chris' journey?

a)

6 months

b)

it's still going on

c)

4 years

d)

2 years

24.

When asked, Chris tells people he's from?

a)

South Dakota

b)

Alaska

c)

Virginia

d)

Florida

25.

To formally give up or refuse to buy into a belief, system or idea is?

a)

blunder

b)

transcendent

c)

meander

d)

renunciation

26.
What happens on August 10 that alarms Walt and Billie and leaves them frantic?
a)
Chris got ticketed for hitchhiking
b)
Wayne contacted them
c)
The park ranger tells them about the Datsun
d)
Chris contacted Carine in secret
27.
Why aren't there any more pictures or journals from May 1991 - January 1992?
a)
Alex buried his camera in the ground
b)
His camera was stolen by vagabonds
c)
He lost the journal when he was in the canoe
d)
He chose to stop worrying about it
28.

Jim Galien gives this to Chris for his stay in Alaska?

a)

a map

b)

a compass

c)

rubber boots

d)

some money

29.

Chris' parents wanted him to study this while at Harvard

a)

medicine

b)

architecture

c)

law

d)

journalism

30.

Chris was __________________ the characters that he admired so much in Jack London's novels.

a)

emulating

b)

permafrost

c)

ominous

d)

desolation

31.

Chris donates his money to?

a)

OXFAM

b)

PETA

c)

ASPCA

d)

He keeps it

32.

A person that is homeless and wanders from place to place is?

a)

mawkish

b)

meanderer

c)

goblin

d)

vagabond

33.

To make a careless or stupid mistake is a ?

a)

blunder

b)

subcutaneous

c)

vagabond

d)

transcendent

34.

Chris gets a ticket for hitchhiking. His parents get the ticket mailed to them, then they do this?

a)

get in their car to find him

b)

pay the ticket

c)

rip the ticket up

d)

hire a private investigator

35.

Chris writes in his journals using this kind of narration?

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person

d)

6th person

36.

Chris likes to do this to pass the time?

a)

write in his journal

b)

take photos

c)

sing karaoke

d)

paint portraits

37.

Chris gets in trouble at McDonald's for this?

a)

being nasty to customers

b)

telling his boss off

c)

not being clean

d)

stealing from the register

38.

Chris spends some time in this country?

a)

Cuba

b)

Australia

c)

China

d)

Mexico

39.

I got this nauseating, phony card from my "frien-emy" I didn't believe a word she wrote it was so

a)

mawkish

b)

transcendent

c)

convoluted

d)

ominous

40.

Who finds Chris' body?

a)

Jon Krakeur

b)

the couple

c)

Carine his sister

d)

Wayne Westerberg