View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what point did Chris stop writing in his journal?
(a) When it had no more blank pages.
(b) When his camera was ruined and he buried it outside of Vegas.
(c) When he decided that no one would ever read it.
(d) When it accidentally fell into his campfire one night.

2. Where did Chris live while he was in Carthage?
(a) In a tack room.
(b) In a cheap boarding house.
(c) In the Westerberg home.
(d) At the YMCA.

3. After dropping Chris off, why did Gallien decide not to notify the authorities?
(a) It slipped his mind after he got back to town.
(b) He promised he would not do that.
(c) He planned to return to check up on Chris.
(d) He decided Chris would give up on his foolish plan soon enough.

4. In what way did Chris exhibit a double standard about money?
(a) He refused to let Jan drive him to pick up his last check at McDonald's.
(b) He borrowed money that he knew he could never repay.
(c) He refused to take money for the work he did, but accepted goods that probably cost as much.
(d) He now wanted to collect all the money he could to outfit himself for Alaska.

5. What prevented Jan and Bob from going to Bullhead City to pick Chris up?
(a) A series of freak desert storms.
(b) Their mobile home broke down.
(c) He arrived at their door before they could leave.
(d) Information that they were wanted by the police.

6. At which stop did Chris remain for the longest time?
(a) In Bullhead City, Arizona.
(b) In Fairbanks, Alaska.
(c) On the coast in Oregon.
(d) Back at the Westenberg's house.

7. What work did Chris (Alex) do while he stayed with Jan and Bob at The Slabs?
(a) Acting as a security gurad.
(b) Selling in their fleamarket books stall.
(c) Making hamburgers that he learned how to do at McDonald's.
(d) Digging ditches.

8. Near what famous landmark did Chris McCandless die?
(a) Old Faithful.
(b) Mt. McKinley.
(c) Mt. St. Helens.
(d) Mt. Rushmore.

9. During an interview with Krakauer, what does Westerberg say about Chris?
(a) That he lacked common sense.
(b) That he had an admirable spirit of adventure.
(c) That he seldom told the truth.
(d) That he was an expert mechanic.

10. What strange actions did Chris take right after graduating college?
(a) He shot his father and spent the next three years on the run from the police.
(b) He gave his car to his sister and took a bicycle to New York where he went to work on a merchant ship.
(c) He gave away his entire savings to charity, abandoned his possessions, and became a drifter and wilderness explorer.
(d) He began a backpack trip that he hoped would eventually take him around the world.

11. 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.

12. What message did Chris leave taped to the door of the bus?
(a) That he would return in an hour.
(b) That visitors were welcome.
(c) That he had staked a claim on this bus.
(d) That he was near death.

13. What appears to be Krakauer's main motive in writing Into The Wild?
(a) To win a Pulitzer Prize.
(b) To justify his own youth.
(c) To sell it to the movies.
(d) To defend Chris McCandless from his critics.

14. What was Chris carrying when he met Jim Gallien?
(a) A plastic bag of groceries.
(b) A battered canoe.
(c) A small dog.
(d) A rifle.

15. What unusual political action did Waterman take after his climb?
(a) He got elected to the Fairbanks School Board.
(b) He campaigned for LBJ.
(c) He ran for President of the United States.
(d) He applied to go to West Point.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Chris survive in that hostile environment?

2. Who did Chris meet on a trip into Salton City to get some supplies?

3. What did Butch Killian want to do when he arrived on the bus scene where Chris had died?

4. What is Krakauer's obvious purpose of including the information in Chapter 9?

5. What problem did the authorities have after removing Chris's body?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 830 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample