Into the Wild Study Questions for Midterm – Flashcards

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Who is the last person to see McCandless alive?
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Jim Gallien
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What name does McCandless go by after leaving Atlanta?
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Alex
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In what season does McCandless go into the wilderness?
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Spring
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What does McCandless do in Bullhead City?
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Works at McDonalds
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Who does Krakauer think was most like McCandless?
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Everett Ruess
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Which of the following does not describe McCandless?
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Moral, Stubborn, Passionate, Easy going
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What is Krakauer's obsession in his early twenties?
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Mountain climbing
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What seems to lead to McCandless's total separation from his parents?
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His discovery of his father's secret past
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In what is McCandless living at the end of his life?
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A bus
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What does McCandless do the summer after his sophomore year of college?
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Delivers pizza
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What kind of car does Chris drive?
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A Datsun
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Who of the following does not actually live an outdoorsy or adventurous life?
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Jack London
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What does Ron Franz ask McCandless?
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If he can adopt him
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What do we know McCandless comes to regret deeply?
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Killing the moose
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What prevents McCandless from leaving the wilderness on his first attempt?
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The Teklanika River is uncrossable
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If McCandless had had a good map with him in Alaska, what might he have seen?
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An easy way to cross the Teklanika, only half a mile downstream
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What does McCandless's Alaska journal largely contain?
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Descriptions of what he ate.
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Why is McCandless's skill at making money surprising?
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Because he believes wealth is inherently evil
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Which extracurricular is McCandless involved in at Emory?
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Writing for the newspaper
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Who is the first in the family to find out about Chris's death?
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Sam McCandless
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What was the only thing that would've pleased Krakauer's father?
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Jon becoming a doctor
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What quality of Chris's does Carine not share?
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Distaste for wealth
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