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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 was in the McCandless house that speaks to the feelings of Walt and Billie McCandless toward Chris?
2. Where did Chris leave from on April 15, 1992 on his journey to Alaska?
3. How did Chris travel the 1,000 miles from Laird, Alaska, to Fairbanks?
4. What did Walt leave in the bus?
5. How does Krakauer interpret the evidence he gathered about Chris?
Short Essay Questions
1. Carine knew that Chris was leaving but she didn't know where he was going. Why?
2. As Krakauer, visiting the site, stood on the banks of the raging Teklanika River, what advantage did he have that Chris did not have?
3. What discovery about himself did Krakauer make after conquering Devil's Thumb?
4. Describe why the McCandlesses could not take the exact trek to the bus that Chris had taken.
5. What items did Billie and Walt McCandless leave behind in the bus?
6. In Chris's journal, what did he think was happening to him?
7. To show his kindred spirit with Chris, what does Krakauer write about in Chapter 14?
8. How does swainsonine become lethal in the body?
9. What indicates to Krakauer that there was a very close relationship between Carine and Chris?
10. What was the irony Krakauer thought about as he kept attempting to climb Devil's Thumb?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Write a critique of Krakauer's Into The Wild. Address such things as (1) Krakauer's motive for writing the book and how well you think he succeeded, (2) Krakauer's writing style and how easy or difficult it is to read the book, (3) the value of the subject matter and how it might or might not relate to readers.
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