Into the Wild Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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Into the Wild Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Alaska.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the Stampede Trail still in use?
(a) In the early 1960s, the trail was upgraded by Yutan Construction to an actual roadway.
(b) People use it to hike to Mt. McKinley.
(c) It runs along side of the Alaska Pipeline.
(d) Campers and hunters keep using it instead of making a new one.

2. What happened when the moose hunters got to the bus where they plan to camp out?
(a) The bus was a burned out shell.
(b) There was a pack of wolves surrounding the bus.
(c) There was a terrible smell coming from inside the bus.
(d) The bus had been moved and they didn't know where to look for it.

3. What did Krakauer include in the book besides events he uncovered from the life of Chris McCandless?
(a) Some allusions to Huckelberry Finn.
(b) Some of his own experiences as a young man.
(c) Adventures of several other young men.
(d) Facts and figures from the U. S. Census Bureau.

4. What did Chris do with the $24,000 he had left over from his inheritance?
(a) He gave it to the Salvation Army.
(b) He gave it to UNICEF.
(c) He donated it to OXFAM.
(d) He gave it to his sister.

5. Why does Krakauer include a narrative about moose hunters driving off-road trucks to get to the site Chris eventually found?
(a) To explain the existence of the bus where Chris stayed.
(b) To put a note of optimism into the story which sustains the suspense.
(c) To show the difficulties even well-equipped people have in this wilderness.
(d) To provide a bit of humor against the tension of the story.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krakauer think might have made the difference in Chris's survival?

2. Why did Krakauer include so much about the McCandless family in Chapter 3?

3. At what point did Chris stop writing in his journal?

4. Chris confided to Gail Borah that he was close to one member of his family. Who is that?

5. After surviving 10 years living off the land, what became of Rosellini?

(see the answer key)

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