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WorksheetsInto the Wild Chapters 1 - 11
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 18mins
What was Chris McCandless' full alias? (The new name he chose after leaving home)
Chris Supertramp
Alexander Chris
Alexander Supertramp
Alexander McCandless
Alexander/Chris was...
A loner who wanted to experience the raw, untamed wilderness
An explorer who wanted to discover new lands and artifacts
A hermit who never wanted to see anyone or go outside
A man who valued his family and friends above everything else in life
McCandless’s explorations took him...
To unplanned places along the way to his goal of Alaska
To each ocean and lake in American because he found peace near water
All over America on a detailed and mapped out trip his final destination of Alaska
To all of the deserts on the West Coast
“An eminent aerospace engineer who designed advanced radar systems for the space shuttle and other high-profile projects” describes
Alex/Chris McCandless
Wayne Westerberg
Carine McCandless (Chris/Alex's sister)
Walt McCandless (Chris/Alex's dad)
For a short while, McCandless worked in South Dakota for a man named
Wayne Westerberg
Gordon Samel
Ken Tompson
Ferdie Swanson
True or False: Into the Wild is a fictional story
True
False
What would Chris/Alex say adds value to a person's life?
Living simply/inexpensively and going on unplanned adventures
Making friends and spending quality time with them
Appreciating family and seeing them often
Working towards a stable career and income
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
Sensitive
Impractical
Fancy
Surprisingly, almost everyone who came in contact with McCandless during his travels
Tried to persuade him to give up his dream and get a real job
Felt he was being selfish and hurtful to his parents
Reported his whereabouts to his parents
Described him as very likeable and made an instant and memorable connection with him
Why does Jon Krakauer include other stories inside of this novel?
He doesn't.
He wants the reader to know that Chris wasn't the only one to do this and that he was different from other people.
He wants the reader to know that this could happen to anyone.
He wants the reader to know about other people, not just Chris/Alex
Why did Chris/Alex never seem to have any best friends or romantic partners?
He believed there was value in being alone and wanted to test his ability to be romantically alone.
He hated people in general.
This isn't true, he had many best friends and romantic partners.
He didn't think anyone was worthy enough to be his friend or romantic partner.
Draw Alex McCandless
