Into the Wild Quiz

Jon Krakauer

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1.

After Chris left home, why didnn't Carine get upset when he won't tell her where he was? (from Chapter 12, Annandale)

She knew Chris was happy and thought he would come home some day.

She was glad he was gone so she could have his room.

She thought their father would try to bring him home if he knew.

She didn't want to know because she didn't care.

2.

How were Chris's ideals defined in his own mind? (from Chapter 7, Carthage)

They were defined by the works of Phillip Roth and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

They were defined by the poetry of E.E. cummings.

He valued chastity and moral purity as defined by Tolstoy and Thoreau.

His ideals were defined by his own sense of injustice in the world.

3.

What happened 10 months after Chris's death? (from Epilogue)

Billie and Walt got a divorce.

Carine had a dream about Chris.

Ten months after McCandless's death, Krakauer, Billie and Walt took a helicopter to the bus site.

The company that owns the bus took it away.

4.

Why did the Candless family not follow the route Chris had taken to get to the bus as Billie wanted? (from Epilogue)

There was no time to take that route as Chris had done.

They did not have good directions from Chris's journal.

The river had changed course and Chris's route was no longer possible.

The Teklanika River was running too high, and the group was advised not to attempt it.

5.

Why does Krakauer think Chris could not excrete poison from his body? (from Chapter 18, The Stampede Trail)

His deteriorated body did not have enough glucose and amino acids to bind with the poisons.

He did not have enough white blood cells to fight organisms.

Melted snow water caused him to become severely constipated.

His bowel and urinary sustems had shut down.

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