2. When Franz offered to give Chris a ride to his campsite, what is it he didn't know?
(a) About the Oh-My-God Hot Springs.
(b) Whether Chris was dangerous or not.
(c) That he would have to walk to see Chris's campsite.
(d) If his truck would make the trip and back.

3. What prevented Jan and Bob from going to Bullhead City to pick Chris up?
(a) A series of freak desert storms.
(b) He arrived at their door before they could leave.
(c) Their mobile home broke down.
(d) Information that they were wanted by the police.

4. How were Chris's ideals defined in his own mind?
(a) His ideals were defined by his own sense of injustice in the world.
(b) They were defined by the works of Phillip Roth and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) They were defined by the poetry of E.E. cummings.
(d) He valued chastity and moral purity as defined by Tolstoy and Thoreau.

5. What was located at Oh-My-God Hot Springs?
(a) A tourist inn and spa.
(b) A hippie commune of sorts, which had sprung up around some natural hot springs.
(c) A ranger station.
(d) A pool with a waterfall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work did Chris (Alex) do while he stayed with Jan and Bob at The Slabs?

2. What group of Irish aesthetics does Krakauer include in Chapter 9?

3. What unusual political action did Waterman take after his climb?

4. When Chris corresponded with his sister, what did he confide to her?

5. What did Chris do after Westerberg was jailed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are letters written by Ruess and Chris another point of similarity in their stories?

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

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

5. Discuss Chris's abandonment of his beloved Datsun.

6. 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

7. Why was there a break in Chris's journal entries after he left Las Vegas in 1991?

8. How abrupt was Chris's separation from his family?

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

10. What is a literary parallel between Chris and Ruess?

(see the answer keys)

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