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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange actions did Chris take right after graduating college?

2. Impressed with Chris's intelligence, what did Franz try to get him to do?

3. What did Chris realize after he decided to abandon his once beloved Datsun?

4. Who did Chris meet on a trip into Salton City to get some supplies?

5. What do some people think about Chris McCandless?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the relationship Chris developed with the Westerberg family?

2. Describe Jim Gallien's difficulty contacting the Alaska state troopers.

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

4. Explain Chris's lack of readiness for his Alaskan adventure.

5. Tell how Krakauer disliked the assertion from so many people that Chris had foolishly thrown away his life.

6. What two things was Gallien able to provide the Alaska authorities?

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

8. How does Krakauer rebut the idea that Chris was a reckless idiot, a wacko, a narcissist?

9. What impression did Chris make on Ron Franz?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From information in the book, Into The wild, and other sources, write about the Alaskan wilderness. Discuss whether you think it would be a good place to visit, even with the transportation you might need and all the equipment you would need for such a trip.

Essay Topic 2

Gather information about Jack London. Write about how Chris admired his description of survival in the Alaskan wilderness but did not recognize it as fiction written by a man who never did the things included in his book, CALL OF THE WILD.

Essay Topic 3

Look up information about the Mojave Desert and write an essay about the advisability of trying to exist alone in a place like that. Give your opinion about what might have happened to Chris in the Mojave Desert when he is reported to have nearly died.

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