Into the Wild Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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Into the Wild Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Virginia Beach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shows Chris's attitude toward injustices that began when he was in college?
(a) He took classes about world hunger, poverty, wealth distribution and racism.
(b) He began bringing homeless people to his dorm room.
(c) He started a soup kitchen in Annandale.
(d) He refused a new car because there were so many people who did not have one.

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

3. What complication did Chris face while living in The Slabs?
(a) He could produce no identification when the border patrol came to the camp.
(b) He got into an argument with Jan Burres.
(c) The other drifters believed he was an undercover cop.
(d) Tracy, a 17-year-old girl developed a huge crush on him.

4. Why did Christ steal a bicycle in Northern California?
(a) He intended to return and pay for it.
(b) The man he worked for refused to pay him.
(c) He was delirious at the time and did not know what he was doing.
(d) He had always wanted a bike like that.

5. What is ironic about Krakauer's descriptions of Walt McCandless and that of his rebellious son, Chris?
(a) Chris was a carbon copy of his father when he was that age.
(b) Walt and Chris believe in the same socialistic things.
(c) Walt had always been kind and generous but Chris had always been aloof.
(d) Krakauer describes Chris and Walt McCandless as being very similar, both stubborn and temperamental individuals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the skeleton in Walt's closet that stressed the whole family, Chris in particular?

2. What did Chris do on frequent visits to Franz's apartment in Salton City?

3. What message did Chris leave taped to the door of the bus?

4. Chris's parents had moved, but his step brother was contacted. After he positively identified Chris, what did he do?

5. Why is the Stampede Trail still in use?

(see the answer key)

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