Name ______________________________________ Date: ________________

Into the Wild

English II
Book Test

A. Matching—Character ID’s. Match the characters on the left with their descriptions
on the right.

1. _______ Wayne Westerberg a. last known person to see Chris McCandless alive

2. _______ Jim Gallien b. author of Walden, a favorite book of Chris’s

.
3. _______ Henry David Thoreau c. climbed Mt. McKinley at age 16; disappeared
after attempting to climb the Ruth Glacier
on Denali
4. _______ John Waterman d. employed Chris in his grain elevator in
Carthage, South Dakota
e. Chris’s physics professor at Stanford University;
advised him to visit Mexico.

5. _______ Ronald Franz a. Chris’s grandfather

6. _______ Jan Burres b. private investigator hired by Walt and

Billie McCandless to find Chris
7. _______ Everett Ruess c. 80 year old leather-maker who befriends Chris
while in Salton City
8. _______ Loren Johnson d. adventurer of Davis Gulch who presumably
drowned in the San Juan River in the 1930’s
e. lived in “The Slabs,” an area outside of Bullhead
City; gave Chris a set of Swiss army knives
B. Multiple Choice. Place the letter of the BEST answer choice on the Scantron sheet.

9. __ In the opening chapter, Jim Gillien was concerned that ____.

a. his car would run out of gas before reaching Anchorage
b. Chris’s rice was white (not brown, which supposedly lasted longer)
c. Chris’s boots were not waterproof on insulated
d. Chris’s tendonitis in his knee would prevent him from going far into the
wilderness

10. __ The name of the trail that Chris takes into the deep part of the Alaskan wilderness
was called the _______.
a. Stampede Trail c. Cassidy Trail
b. Survival Trail d. Bullhead Trail

11. __ Chris’s body was found __________ by _________.

a. along a trail near the Hood river; the Alaskan State Police
b. submerged in the Hood river; the Coast Guard
c. in the Fairbanks City Transit System bus; hikers
d. in a canyon just outside of Fairbanks; photographers

12. __ Before leaving Wayne Westerberg the first time, Chris gave him a copy of
_____.
a. Great Expectations c. a Rand Mcnally road atlas
b. War and Peace d. The Grapes of Wrath

13. __ Chris was a 1990 graduate of _______________.

a. Penn State University c. Stanford University
b. St. Olaf’s University d. Emory University

14. __ In a letter written to his sister Carine right after graduation, he complained of his
parents trying to ______________.
a. force him to move out c. sign him up for the Peace Corps
b. buy him a new car d. join the Merchant Marines

15. __ In a patch of shrub known as A. Californica, a National Park Ranger by the name
of Bud Walsh found ______________.
a. a dead bear that Chris had killed c. Chris’s abandoned Datsun
b. a bag of stolen money traced to Chris d. a photograph of Chris’s father

16. __ While living in Mexico, Chris almost dies from _______.

a. drowning while in a canoe
b. drinking tainted water in Tijuana
c. a hit and run driver
d. a robbery attempt where he was forced to wrestle a gun from the robber.
17. __ While living in Bullhead City, Chris worked at ___________.
a. McDonald’s c. Wal-mart
b. Krispy Kreme d. Sears

18. __ “Oh-My-God Hot Springs” can BEST be described as ______.

a. a Palm Springs resort spa
b. a hippie camp just outside of Salton City
c. the main attraction in the Utah portion of the Grand Canyon
d. the main attraction in Yellowstone National Park

19. __ After learning of Chris’s death from a hitchhiker, Ronald Franz _________.
a. became an atheist
b. drove to W. Virginia to meet Chris’s parents
c. went to Alaska to claim Chris’s body
d. volunteered at the Red Cross to help “give Chris a proper memorial”

20. __ The name of the magazine that Jon Krakauer first wrote his smaller piece on
Chris McCandless was __________.
a. Sports Illustrated c. Camping Life
b. The Yukon Territory Tattler d. Outside

21. __ Chris’s father worked for a good part of his life at __________.
a. Sears c. NASA
b. FBI d. Smith and Wesson

22. __ In the chapter that overviews Chris’s pre-teen achievements, it describes Chris as
an accomplished ___________.
a. athlete (wrestling) c. linguist (Chinese and Russian)
b. musician (French horn) d. chess player

23. __ As a high school student, Chris was the captain of _____________.

a. the debate team c. Glee club
b. cross-country team d. school newspaper

24. __ While many of his classmates were partying in high school, Chris ____________.
a. would often go to Washington D.C. and give food to the homeless.
b. would stay in his room and listen to the Beatles.
c. would work on cars with his Dad in the garage
d. would watch late night film festivals on HBO

25. __ As a birthday present for his father on the weekend of his high school graduation,
Chris gave his father _________.
a. a Gucci wallet
b. two tickets to the Redskin’s season opener in September
c. a Questar telescope
 d. a blank check, signed “Alexander Supertramp”
26. __ While visiting the area of California where he grew up, Chris _________.
a. decided to transfer from St. Olaf University to Pepperdine University
b. met the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tommy Lasorda
c. discovered that his father had lived a double life, having fathered a son with his
then separated wife Marcia
d. traveled to Death Valley, where he first met Ronald Franz outside of Salton
City.

27. __ In his editorials that he wrote for his college’s newspaper, Chris often _____.
a. wrote his editorials in Mandarin Chinese
b. severely criticized leading political figures of the time, such as Jimmy Carter
c. wrote in a poetic form known as iambic pentameter
d. severely criticized college officials for allowing underage drinking on campus.

28. __ During the summer between his sophomore and junior year in college, Chris takes
a job as _______.
a. a radio disc jockey for the local college radio station
b. a delivery man for Domino’s
c. a janitor at Kmart
d. a life guard at a local pool outside of Annandale.

29. __ _____________ flew to Alaska to pick up Chris’s remains.

a. Jan Burres c. Carine (his sister) and Sam (his half-brother)
b. Ronald Franz d. nobody; his body was shipped home by the
Alaskan coroner’s office

30. __ As a 23 year old adventurer, Jon Krakauer decided to climb __________.

a. The Devil’s Thumb c. the foothills of Mt Everest
b. The Guardian Angel d. the outer regions of the Grand Canyon

31. __ In the chapter that describes his second attempt to climb the mountain in question
30, Krakauer relates the story of _______.
a. his failed attempt to become a minor league baseball player
b. his successful investing in IBM
c. his father’s bout with polio and subsequent drug addiction
d. his brother’s career as a world-renowned violin player

32. __ Primarily, Krakauer tells his tale about his own mountain climbing adventure to
show that __________.
a. he is an expert in climbing in hot weather
b. his story was extremely similar to that of Chris McCandless
c. his mother was wrong about his mountain climbing ability
d. his climbing up the mountain was what gave him his job at The Alaskan
Frontier
33. __ The first river that Chris had to cross to get to his eventual camp setting at the bus
was called the _______.
a. Hood River c. Teklanika River
b. Anchorage River d. Pellitory River

34. __ Chris eventually comes to regret shooting a___________, in that he was not able
to preserve a vast amount of the meat that the animal provided.
a. bear b. turkey c. wolf d. moose

35. __ According to Krakauer, Chris had made the decision to return to civilization on
July 3 of 1992; the reason why he stopped and turned back toward the bus was
__________.
a. the river in question number 33 had flooded severely due to melting snow, and
he was now unable to cross it.
b. he had forgotten the map that Jim Gillien had given him
c. he had forgotten his book written by Leo Tolstoy
d. he twisted his ankle and would need time to recover

36. __ In returning to visit Chris’s journey in Alaska, Krakauer and his companions were
able to cross the river in Question 33 because __________.
a. the river was not flooding at the time
b. they sky-ferried over on a cable made by the U.S. Geological Survey
c. they had brought with them an inflatable raft
d. they used a helicopter

37. __ Krakauer is surprised at Chris’s admiration for Jack London, especially since
London __________.
a. criticized both Mark Twain and Leo Tolstoy, whom Chris admired as well.
b. had often published novels that dealt with city life
c. had spent very little time in the wilderness and outdoors
d. paid tribute to his father in the introduction of every book that he wrote

38. While in the Alaskan wilderness, the majority of Chris’s journal entries center
around ______.
a. his ex-girlfriend from Stanford c. food and his hunting kills
b. his admiration for Ernest Hemingway d. his lost respect for his father

39. __ In his original article about Chris McCandless, Krakauer mistakenly stated (after
hearing the testimony of the state troopers) that _________.
a. the animal killed by Chris in question 34 was a caribou
b. that Chris had only brought two pairs of long underwear, not three
c. the helicopter that had spotted Chris believed that he was ok
d. that Chris’s bank account was completely full when he died.
40. __ In his journal, Chris faults a(n) ___________ for the reason why he suddenly
became sick and eventually died.
a. inability to create a fire at night, causing him to experience hypothermia while
sleeping.
b. lack of medicine, especially aspirin or Tylenol
c. potato seed
d. a poisoned piece of owl meat

41. __ In his original article written on Chris, Krakauer mistakenly concluded that a
____ was responsible for poisoning Chris.
a. arsenic c. rotting meat
b. a wild sweet pea d. unpurified water

42. __ Krakauer believes that had Chris possessed a correct topographical map, he would
have realized that _________
a. in the Sushana river were fish that possibly could have nullified the poison in
his body
b. a Park Service cabin on the Sushana river would have stocked medical
supplies
c. Mt.McKinley, only 20 miles away, would have had numerous tourists who
could have helped him.
d. he was only 10 miles from a highway that would have quickly let him to a
supermarket with a pharmacy.

43. __ Which of the following was NOT one of the authors that Chris regularly read
during his journey?
a. Henry David Thoreau c. Jack London
b. Ernest Hemingway d. Leo Tolstoy

44. __ Which of the following was NOT one of the adventurers that Krakauer used to
compare with Chris?
a. Everett Ruess c. Harold Foster Jenkins
b. Carl McCunn d. Gene Rosellini

45. __ The name of the charity that Chris donated most of his money to was _________.
a. The American Cancer Society c. UNICEF
b. OXFAM d. The Salvation Army

46. __ Free!! (Put A on Scantron)

47. __ Free!! (Put A on Scantron)

 Into the Wild (Answer Key)

1. D
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. C
6. E
7. D
8. A
9. C
10. A
11. C
12. B
13. D
14. B
15. C
16. A
17. A
18. B
19. A
20. D
21. C
22. B
23. B
24. A
25. C
26. C
27. B
28. B
29. C
30. A
31. C
32. B
33. C
34. D
35. A
36. B
37. C
38. C
39. A
40. C
41. B
42. B
43. B
44. C
45. C