Into the Wild Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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Into the Wild Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Anza-Borrego.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Alex stay outside of Salton City?
(a) Joshua Tree National Park.
(b) Palm Springs.
(c) Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
(d) Right at Oh-My-God Hot Springs.

2. How does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) With a postcard written by McCandless, addressed to Wayne Westerberg in Carthage, South Dakota.
(b) With a conversation Chris has with an Inuit.
(c) With a description of the Alaskan wildeerness.
(d) With a letter Chris writes to his sister.

3. Why was author Jon Krakauer interested in writing Chris's story?
(a) Krakauer wanted to pass judgement on Chris in the hopes of preventing another young man from doing the same.
(b) Krakauer identifies with McCandless's attraction to nature and to high-risk activities, and also understands the young man's troubled relationship with his father.
(c) Krakauer had nothing better to do at the time and thought he would enjoy visiting all the places Chris had gone.
(d) Krakauer recognized that Chris's story would be a sure-fire best seller and be made into a movie.

4. What is The Slabs?
(a) An old U. S. Calvary outpost.
(b) A settlement of people who erect their tents on concrete slabs.
(c) A flat, rocky area in the Arizona desert.
(d) An abandoned military base where drifters come during the winter.

5. What does Krakauer think might have made the difference in Chris's survival?
(a) If he had taken someone with him.
(b) If he had brought along some brandy.
(c) If he had not made one or two critical mistakes.
(d) If he had found a warmer shelter in Alaska.

Short Answer Questions

1. What human contact did Chris have as he hikeed West from Lake Mead?

2. What complication did Chris face while living in The Slabs?

3. What item of clothing did Chris seem to abhor?

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

5. After a series of misadventures on his way to San Diego, why did Chris call Franz?

(see the answer key)

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