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Into the Wild Vocabulary

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“The Slabs functions as the seasonal capital of a teeming itinerant society—a tolerant, rubber-tired culture comprising the retired, the exiled, the _____________, the perpetually unemployed”(Krakauer 43).

a)

mirthless

b)

contumacious

c)

destitute

d)

irksome

2.

“ He did __________________ each morning to get in shape for the rigors of the bush and discussed backcountry survival strategies at length with Bob, a self styled survivalist”(Krakauer 45)

a)

destitute

b)

irksome

c)

aridity

d)

calisthenics

3.

If he went to the rangers, however, they would have some ______________ questions for him…”(Krakauer 28)

a)

unsullied

b)

irksome

c)

enormity

d)

mirthless

4.

“The mind is beset by light and space, the kinesthetic novelty of ___________, high temperature, and wind”(Krakauer 27).

a)

mirthless

b)

infallibility

c)

aridity

d)

obscured

5.

“In other habitats, the rim of sky above the horizontal is broken or _________________; here, together with the overhead portion, it is infinitely vaster than that of rolling countryside and forest lands…”(Krakuaer 27)

a)

obscured

b)

mirthless

c)

contumacious

d)

irksome

6.

“Thompson, Samel, and Swanson, however, are ___________________ Alaskans with a special fondness for driving motor vehicles where motor vehicles aren’t really designed to be driven”(Krakauer 11).

a)

infallibility

b)

contumacious

c)

aridity

d)

irksome

7.

“There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness—a laughter that was ____________ as the smile of the Sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility”(Krakauer 9 )

a)

unsullied

b)

aridity

c)

mirthless

d)

destitute

8.

“Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the unsullied ____________ of the Last Frontier will patch all the holes in their lives”(Krakauer 6 )

a)

mirthless

b)

aridity

c)

enormity

d)

irksome

9.

“Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the ________________ enormity of the Last Frontier will patch all the holes in their lives”(Krakauer 6).

a)

mirthless

b)

destitute

c)

aridity

d)

unsullied

10.

a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) or the quality of yielding nothing of value

a)

destitute

b)

calisthenics

c)

irksome

d)

aridity

11.

What does "ambled" mean?

a)

To walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

b)

To claim moral standards

c)

To doubt the truth of something

d)

To make marks that cannot be removed

12.

What does "sojourn" mean?

a)

To stay somewhere temporarily

b)

To indulge in past events

c)

To doubt the truth of something

d)

To represent artistically

13.

The Slabs functions as the seasonal capital of a teeming itinerant society—a tolerant, rubber-tired culture comprising the retired, the exiled, the _____________, the perpetually unemployed.

a)

mirthless

b)

contumacious

c)

destitute

d)

irksome

14.

He did ________________ each morning to get in shape for the rigors of the bush and discussed backcountry survival strategies at length with Bob, a self styled survivalist.

a)

destitute

b)

irksome

c)

aridity

d)

calisthenics

15.

If he went to the rangers, however, they would have some ______________ questions for him…

a)

unsullied

b)

irksome

c)

enormity

d)

mirthless

16.

The mind is beset by light and space, the kinesthetic novelty of ___________, high temperature, and wind.

a)

mirthless

b)

infallibility

c)

aridity

d)

obscured

17.

In other habitats, the rim of sky above the horizontal is broken or _________________; here, together with the overhead portion, it is infinitely vaster than that of rolling countryside and forest lands…

a)

obscured

b)

mirthless

c)

contumacious

d)

irksome

18.

Thompson, Samel, and Swanson, however, are ___________________ Alaskans with a special fondness for driving motor vehicles where motor vehicles aren’t really designed to be driven.

a)

infallibility

b)

contumacious

c)

aridity

d)

irksome

19.

There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness—a laughter that was ____________ as the smile of the Sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility.

a)

unsullied

b)

aridity

c)

mirthless

d)

destitute

20.

Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the unsullied ____________ of the Last Frontier will patch all the holes in their lives.

a)

mirthless

b)

aridity

c)

enormity

d)

irksome

21.

Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the ________________ enormity of the Last Frontier will patch all the holes in their lives.

a)

mirthless

b)

destitute

c)

aridity

d)

unsullied

22.

A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) or the quality of yielding nothing of value.

a)

destitute

b)

calisthenics

c)

irksome

d)

aridity

23.

What does 'ambled' mean?

a)

To walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

b)

To claim moral standards

c)

To doubt the truth of something

d)

To make marks that cannot be removed

24.

What does 'sojourn' mean?

a)

To stay somewhere temporarily

b)

To indulge in past events

c)

To doubt the truth of something

d)

To represent artistically