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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did Chris send a postcard from Bullhead City?
(a) His sister.
(b) Jan Buress.
(c) Westerberg.
(d) His ex-girlfriend.

2. How did Chris get to San Francisco?
(a) He rode on a vegetable truck he helped load up.
(b) He hitchhiked.
(c) Franz drove him there.
(d) He had enough money for a bus ticket.

3. What happened when the moose hunters got to the bus where they plan to camp out?
(a) There was a pack of wolves surrounding the bus.
(b) The bus was a burned out shell.
(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.

4. What did Walt and Billie McCandless discover when they drive to Chris's apartment in Atlanta?
(a) That there was no such address.
(b) That Chris had never lived there.
(c) That the building had been torn down.
(d) That he had moved out three months before.

5. How did Chris introduce himself to Gallien?
(a) As Wayne Westerberg.
(b) As a botonist.
(c) As Bill Cody.
(d) As Alex, refusing to give a last name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What questions did Chris ask Gallien that impressed the older man?

2. After a semester at UCLA and a winter in San Francisco, what did Ruess do?

3. What was Chris's plan for after college that he did not tell his family?

4. In Chris's relationships with people, what is the most striking contradiction?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the difference between Chris's treatment of his parents and the way he treated strangers.

2. Explain why Gallien decided not to notify the authorities of Chris's plan.

3. What is clear about the author's intentions in writing this book?

4. What are some particulars about Alex (Chris) deciding to go to San Diego?

5. Tell how Krakauer disliked the assertion from so many people that Chris had foolishly thrown away his life.

6. Discuss the inconsistency of Chris and his ideas about money.

7. Jon Krakauer wrote an article about Chris McCandless for OUTSIDE magazine in January of 1993. Explain why Krakauer was then compelled to write the book, Into The Wild

8. The man Chris describes as a lunatic, Charlie, holds what kind of opinion about Chris?

9. How does Krakauer compare and contrast Chris and his father?

10. What did Chris do in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park?

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