WorksheetsInto the Wild Quiz 1 (AN-Ch. 4)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What does Chris McCandless do with his savings account?
Buys a ticket to Alaska
Donates it to charity
Leaves it for his sister
Wayne Westerberg describes Alex as all of the following EXCEPT:
intelligent
well read
hard working
stubborn
unethical
Wayne Westerberg, Jan Burrus and Jim Gallien all thought that Alex was...
Crazy and over confident
Determined and an idealist
Extremist on a death mission
Young and naïve
Chris' relationship with his parents could best be shown through which quote?
"The next day was Mother's Day. Chris gave Billie candy, flowers and a sentimental card" (Krakauer 20).
"At long last he was unencumbered , emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security and material excess," (Krakauer 22).
Walt and Billie told Chris they had a "desire to buy him a new car as a graduation present and offering to pay for law school" (Krakauer 20).
"they think I'd actually let them pay for my law school if I was going to go... I've told them a million times that I have the best car in the world," (Krakauer 21).
Based on the following quote, which word best describes Alex?
“Alex answered calmly that no, nobody knew of his plans, that in fact he hadn’t spoken to his family in nearly two years” (Krakauer).
Mysterious
Irrational
Narcissist
Loving
Why did Chris change his name to Alex Supertramp?
He thought it sounded cool.
To start his journey fresh and shed the excess of his past
To prove to his parents that he doesn't need them
Because Supertramp literally means a person who journeys on foot and that is what he is doing.
At this point in the story, do you see Chris/Alex as a Transcendentalist or an Anti-Transcendentalist?
Transcendentalist
Anti-Transcendentalist
