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WorksheetsInto the wild comprehension check
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the new name that Chris McCandless takes when he goes on his adventure?
Alexander Supertramp
Jan Burres
Ronald Franz
Who is the only person in Chris's family whom he got along with?
His dad (Walt)
His mom (Billie)
His sister (Carine)
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 was able to help the Alaska State Troopers identify Chris McCandless by…
providing them with McCandless’s social security number.
sending the troopers a picture of the two of them together.
giving the story to Paul Harvey to air on the radio.
What family secret did Chris discover when he first started traveling?
His dad had a second family.
He hated his parents.
His sister was adopted.
What was one of the jobs that McCandless had during his journey?
He worked as a mechanic.
He was at Walmart.
He worked at McDonalds.
Who was Ronald Franz?
A man who taught Chris who to work with leather. He wanted to adopt Chris.
The author who researched Chris's story.
He was Chris's employer at one point.
Who is Walt McCandless?
He is Chris's half-brother who identified Chris's body in Alaska.
Walt is Chris's original name.
He is Chris's father who once worked at NASA. Chris didn't like him.
Who is Wayne Westerberg?
He is the man who hired Chris at one point and he helped identify the dead body as Chris.
He is the man who taught Chris how to work leather.
He is Chris's half-brother who identified his body.
Read the sentences from page 4: “Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the unsullied enormity of the Last Frontier will patch all the holes in their lives. The bush is an unforgiving place, however, that cares nothing for hope or longing” (Krakauer 4).
The sentences give the implied evidence that
The author feels Alaska is a perfect place to find peace.
The author feels that Alaska is the perfect place for misfits.
The author feels that Alaska is a place to carry out your dreams
The author feels that Alaska is ruthless
Read the sentences from page 11: “Thompson, Samel, and Swanson, however, are contumacious Alaskans with a special fondness for driving motor vehicles where motor vehicles aren’t really designed to be driven” (Krakauer 11).
What is the meaning of the underlined word as it is used in the sentence?
Skilled
Pleasant
Rebellious
Happy
Read this definition: Refute: verb 1. to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge. 2. to prove (a person) to be in error.
Which statement or example best refutes the notion that McCandless was “mentally disturbed?”
The example Krakauer gives of a similar male named McCunn who “neglected to arrange for the pilot to fly him back to civilization at summer’s end” (81).
The examples Krakauer gives of a similar male named Waterman who “committed himself to the Anchorage Psychiatric Institute but left after two weeks, convinced there was a conspiracy….then…he launched yet another solo attempt on Denali” (79).
“Like Rosellini and Waterman, McCandless was a seeker and had an impractical fascination with the harsh side of nature” (Krakauer 85).
“But unlike Waterman, McCandless wasn’t mentally ill. And unlike McCunn, he didn’t go into the bush assuming someone would automatically appear to save [him] (Krakauer 85).
After writing about a similar story regarding a young male named Ruess, Krakauer writes, “Ruess was just as romantic as McCandless, if not more so, and equally heedless of personal safety (Krakauer 92).
The word romantic as it is used in the sentence, can best be described as:
Loving
Impractical
Tender
Fancy
Read this journal entry: I have lived a happy life and thank the lord. Goodbye and may God bless All!
The tone of this journal entry can best be described as:
Overdramatic
Content
Sad
Serious
Read this note: S.O.S. I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak to hike out of here. I am alone, this is no joke. In the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you.
The tone of this note can best be described as:
Overdramatic
Exciting
Desperate
Content
