Into the Wild Quiz 1 (AN-Ch. 4)

Who is the last person to see McCandless alive?

• Wayne Westerberg
• Gordon Samel
• Gaylord Stuckey
• Jim Gallien

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In what season does McCandless go into the wilderness?

• Summer
• Fall
• Winter
• Spring

What does Chris McCandless do with his savings account?

• Buys a ticket to Alaska

• Donates it to charity

• Leaves it for his sister

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Wayne Westerberg describes Alex as all of the following EXCEPT:

• intelligent

• well read

• hard working

• stubborn

• unethical

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Wayne Westerberg, Jan Burrus and Jim Gallien all thought that Alex was...

• Crazy and over confident

• Determined and an idealist

• Extremist on a death mission

• Young and naïve

Chris' relationship with his parents could best be shown through which quote?

• "The next day was Mother's Day. Chris gave Billie candy, flowers and a sentimental card" (Krakauer 20).

• "At long last he was unencumbered , emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security and material excess," (Krakauer 22).

• Walt and Billie told Chris they had a "desire to buy him a new car as a graduation present and offering to pay for law school" (Krakauer 20).

• "they think I'd actually let them pay for my law school if I was going to go... I've told them a million times that I have the best car in the world," (Krakauer 21).

Based on the following quote, which word best describes Alex?

“Alex answered calmly that no, nobody knew of his plans, that in fact he hadn’t spoken to his family in nearly two years” (Krakauer).

• Mysterious

• Irrational

• Narcissist

• Loving

Why did Chris change his name to Alex Supertramp?

• He thought it sounded cool.

• To start his journey fresh and shed the excess of his past

• To prove to his parents that he doesn't need them

• Because Supertramp literally means a person who journeys on foot and that is what he is doing.

Where is Chris when the novel begins?

• Yukon
• Anchorage
• Fairbanks
• Atlanta

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At this point in the story, do you see Chris/Alex as a Transcendentalist or an Anti-Transcendentalist?

• Transcendentalist

• Anti-Transcendentalist