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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Alaska.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What symbol is ironic on the leather belt?
(a) A raised fist.
(b) A tombstone marked R.I.P.
(c) Chris's initials surrounded by a scull and crossbones.
(d) A serpent head baring its fangs.
2. What strange actions did Chris take right after graduating college?
(a) He gave his car to his sister and took a bicycle to New York where he went to work on a merchant ship.
(b) He gave away his entire savings to charity, abandoned his possessions, and became a drifter and wilderness explorer.
(c) He shot his father and spent the next three years on the run from the police.
(d) He began a backpack trip that he hoped would eventually take him around the world.
3. How do Waterman and Chris differ?
(a) Chis was short and Waterman was very tall.
(b) Chris was afraid of the water and Waterman feared heights.
(c) Chris burned his money, but Waterman always had money with him.
(d) Chris was able to make friends, Waterman was socially awkward.
4. To whom did Chris send a postcard from Bullhead City?
(a) Jan Buress.
(b) His ex-girlfriend.
(c) His sister.
(d) Westerberg.
5. What did Butch Killian want to do when he arrived on the bus scene where Chris had died?
(a) He wanted to form a search party to see if there was anyone else with the dead boy.
(b) He wanted to contact the state police to come and remove the body.
(c) He wanted to contact the media because it was a great story.
(d) He wanted to burn the bus to rid it of the smell.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Krakauer's thesis about Chris?
2. What do some people think about Chris McCandless?
3. What is the tone of Krakauer's book?
4. What appears to be Krakauer's main motive in writing Into The Wild?
5. How did Walt and Billie McCandless learn in Chapter 4 where their son might be?
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