Quiz on Chris McCandless

Which of the following universities did Chris McCandless graduate from in May of 1990?

• Yale

• Emory

• Harvard

• Dartmouth

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Chris is offended when his parents offer to do what for him after graduating from college?

• buy a new car

• pay for graduate school

• fund his Alaskan adventure

• provide money for a down payment on a house

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What is the name Chris goes by after giving away his savings and traveling out west?

• John Denver

• Matthew Wanderlust

• Alexander Supertramp

• Jonathan Adventureman

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Which of the following best describes Chris’s attitude toward his Alaskan adventure?

• scared

• excited

• indifferent

• determined

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What does Jim Gallien give Chris before dropping him off at the entrance to the Stampede trail?

• a compass

• a pair of socks

• a guide to the trail

• a pair of rubber work boots

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PART A: What is the most likely meaning of the term “mirthless,” as is used in the excerpt above?

• cold

• devoid of emotion

• full of joy and laughter

• lacking amusement or happiness

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PART B: Which of the following lines best reveals the answer to Part A?

• A vast silence reigned over the land.

• a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of infallibility

• The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement

• Dark spruces frowned on either side of the frozen waterway.

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Which of the following best describes the group of people who find Chris’s decomposed body in the bus?

• hikers

• kayakers

• photographers

• moose hunters

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What is the name of the South Dakota town where Chris meets Wayne Westerberg?

• Healy

• Carthage

• Fairbanks

• Annandale

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During his time in South Dakota, Chris works for Wayne Westerberg by doing what?

• paving roads

• harvesting grain

• laying sheetrock

• painting houses

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