INTO THE WILD ERWC MODULE 6. 1. WHEN JIM GALLIEN PICKED ALEX UP HITCHHIKING IN ALASKA, GALLIEN’S...

INTO THE WILDERWC MODULE 6

1. WHEN JIM GALLIEN PICKED ALEX UP HITCHHIKING IN ALASKA, GALLIEN’S FIRST IMPRESSION WAS THAT ALEX WAS…A. KNOWLEDGEABLE B. THOROUGHC. ILL-PREPAREDD. PRACTICALE. IDIOTIC

2. WHAT GIFT DID ALEX PROFFER TO GALLIEN IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS HELP?F. HIS BOOTSG. HIS GUNH. HIS PHOTOGRAPHI. HIS WALLETJ. HIS WATCH

3. WHERE WERE CHRIS MCCANDLESS’S REMAINS FOUND?K. ON THE RIVERBEDL. INSIDE A BUSM. IN A SHALLOW GRAVEN. AT THE ROADSIDEO. IN AN ABANDONED CABIN

4. ACCORDING TO THE AUTOPSY, WHAT WAS LIKELY THE CAUSE OF MCCANDLESS’S DEATH?DISEASEFOOD POISONINGHEART ATTACKGRIZZLY BEARSTARVATION

5. WHICH ONE OF THESE DESCRIPTORS IS LEAST APPROPRIATE FOR MCCANDLESS?A. EDUCATEDB. HARD-WORKINGC. LOYALD. MATERIALISTICE. THOUGHTFUL

6. WHAT WAS MCCANDLESS’S FOCUS OF STUDIES AT EMORY UNIVERSITY?F. COMMUNICATIONSG. HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGYH. PHILOSOPHYI. POLITICAL SCIENCEJ. SOCIOLOGY

7. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE OF MCCANDLESS’S CAR?K. IT WAS AN ’82 DATSUN.L. MCCANDLESS ABANDONED THE CAR IN

ARIZONA.M. THE CAR WAS USED TO MAKE DRUG BUSTS.N. THE CAR’S ENGINE WAS IN HORRIBLE SHAPE.O. THE ABANDONED CAR CONTAINED MUCH OF

MCCANDLESS’S PROPERTY.

8. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE OF MCCANDLESS’S JOURNAL?A. HE WRITES OF HIMSELF IN THE THIRD

PERSON.B. HE FICTIONALIZES MANY EVENTS.C. HIS RECOLLECTIONS OFTEN DON’T MESH

WITH PRECISE DETAILS.D. HE BURNS THE JOURNAL BEFORE ANYONE

CAN FIND IT.E. THE ENTIRE JOURNAL IS WRITTEN IN

POETRY.

9. WHAT POINT OF CONTENTION LIKELY LED TO MCCANDLESS QUITTING HIS JOB AT MCDONALD’S?F. SMOKINGG. BATHINGH. HIS BEARDI. WEARING SOCKSJ. PROFANITY

10. WHO WAS MCCANDLESS’S FAVORITE AUTHOR?K. CHARLES DICKENSL. VICTOR HUGOM. JACK LONDONN. MARK TWAINO. H.G. WELLS

READING QUIZ CHAPTERS 1-5

1. WHEN JIM GALLIEN PICKED ALEX UP HITCHHIKING IN ALASKA, GALLIEN’S FIRST IMPRESSION WAS THAT ALEX WAS…A. KNOWLEDGEABLE B. THOROUGHC. ILL-PREPAREDD. PRACTICALE. IDIOTIC

2. WHAT GIFT DID ALEX PROFFER TO GALLIEN IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS HELP?F. HIS BOOTSG. HIS GUNH. HIS PHOTOGRAPHI. HIS WALLETJ. HIS WATCH

3. WHERE WERE CHRIS MCCANDLESS’S REMAINS FOUND?K. ON THE RIVERBEDL. INSIDE A BUSM. IN A SHALLOW GRAVEN. AT THE ROADSIDEO. IN AN ABANDONED CABIN

4. ACCORDING TO THE AUTOPSY, WHAT WAS LIKELY THE CAUSE OF MCCANDLESS’S DEATH?DISEASEFOOD POISONINGHEART ATTACKGRIZZLY BEARSTARVATION

5. WHICH ONE OF THESE DESCRIPTORS IS LEAST APPROPRIATE FOR MCCANDLESS?A. EDUCATEDB. HARD-WORKINGC. LOYALD. MATERIALISTICE. THOUGHTFUL

6. WHAT WAS MCCANDLESS’S FOCUS OF STUDIES AT EMORY UNIVERSITY?F. COMMUNICATIONSG. HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGYH. PHILOSOPHYI. POLITICAL SCIENCEJ. SOCIOLOGY

7. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE OF MCCANDLESS’S CAR?K. IT WAS AN ’82 DATSUN.L. MCCANDLESS ABANDONED THE CAR IN

ARIZONA.M. THE CAR WAS USED TO MAKE DRUG BUSTS.N. THE CAR’S ENGINE WAS IN HORRIBLE

SHAPE.O. THE ABANDONED CAR CONTAINED MUCH OF

MCCANDLESS’S PROPERTY.

8. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE OF MCCANDLESS’S JOURNAL?A. HE WRITES OF HIMSELF IN THE

THIRD PERSON.B. HE FICTIONALIZES MANY EVENTS.C. HIS RECOLLECTIONS OFTEN DON’T MESH

WITH PRECISE DETAILS.D. HE BURNS THE JOURNAL BEFORE ANYONE

CAN FIND IT.E. THE ENTIRE JOURNAL IS WRITTEN IN

POETRY.

9. WHAT POINT OF CONTENTION LIKELY LED TO MCCANDLESS QUITTING HIS JOB AT MCDONALD’S?F. SMOKINGG. BATHINGH. HIS BEARDI. WEARING SOCKSJ. PROFANITY

10. WHO WAS MCCANDLESS’S FAVORITE AUTHOR?K. CHARLES DICKENSL. VICTOR HUGOM. JACK LONDONN. MARK TWAINO. H.G. WELLS



1.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE OF RONALD FRANZ, THE MAN WHO BEFRIENDS MCCANDLESS?

A.HE WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED LEATHERWORKER.B.HE HAD LOST HIS WIFE AND SON IN AN ACCIDENT.C.HE THRIVED IN ARGUING WITH MCCANDLESS.D.HE WAS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN.E.HE WAS 80 YEARS OLD.

2.WHAT SPECIAL REQUEST DID FRANZ MAKE OF MCCANDLESS?

A.HE ASKED MCCANDLESS TO LET HIM JOIN HIM IN ALASKA.B.HE ASKED MCCANDLESS TO BE HIS GRANDSON.C.HE ASKED MCCANDLESS TO PAINT HIS PORTRAIT.D.HE ASKED MCCANDLESS TO MAIL A LETTER.E.HE ASKED MCCANDLESS TO SCATTER HIS ASHES WHEN HE DIES.

3.HOW DID FRANZ RESPOND TO NEWS OF MCCANDLESS’S DEATH?

A.HE BURNED A STACK OF POSTCARDS.B.HE WEPT FOR DAYS.C.HE RENOUNCED GOD AND GOT DRUNK.D.HE COMMITTED SUICIDE.E.HE DROVE TO ALASKA TO VISIT THE SITE OF MCCANDLESS’S DEATH.

4. HOW DOES KRAKAUER PORTRAY MCCANDLESS’S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS PARENTS?A.AS FOND AND LOVING.B.AS HATEFUL AND AGONIZING.C.AS ANALYTICAL AND INDIFFERENT.D.AS COLD AND BITTER.E.AS PLAYFULLY ARGUMENTATIVE.

5. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE OF MCCANDLESS?F. HE WAS LIKELY CELIBATE.G. HE PLAYED THE PIANO.H. HE NEVER PLANNED ON HAVING A FAMILY.I. HE WAS A FAN OF MARK TWAIN.J. HE ADMIRED HIS SISTER.


6. WHAT WAS THE PREVAILING PERCEPTION OF MCCANDLESS AMONG ALASKANS?A. THAT HE WAS A BOLD TRAVELER.B. THAT HE GOT A STREAK OF BAD LUCK.C. THAT HE WAS A MISGUIDED SOUL.D. THAT HE WAS AN IDIOT.E. THAT HE WAS HEROIC.

7. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE OF GENE ROSELLINI?F. HE TOOK COURSES FOR LEARNING, NOT A DEGREE.G. HE BELIEVED THAT MODERN MAN WAS GENETICALLY

SUPERIOR TO THE CAVE MAN.H. HIS GOAL WAS TO BE INDEPENDENT OF MODERN

TECHNOLOGY.I. FOR ONE STRETCH HE WALKED 18 MILES A DAY.J. HE STABBED HIMSELF TO COMMIT SUICIDE.

8. AFTER COMPARING AND CONTRASTING MCCANDLESS WITH ROSELLINI, WATERMAN, AND MCGUNN, WHAT TERM DOES KRAKAUER USE TO DESCRIBE MCCANDLESS?A. PILGRIMB. SOCIOPATHC. OUTCASTD. MENTALLY ILLE. NUTCASE9. WHAT IS THE MOST LIKELY REASON THAT KRAKAUER DEVOTES AN ENTIRE CHAPTER TO EVERETT RUESS?F. TO DEPICT THE CONTRAST BETWEEN RUESS AND

MCCANDLESS.G. TO CREATE A PARALLEL BETWEEN RUESS AND

MCCANDLESS.H. TO DIMINISH MCCANDLESS’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS.I. TO HIGHLIGHT THE INSANITY IN BOTH MEN’S THINKING.J. TO PAINT A PORTRAIT OF FOOLHARDY JOURNEYMEN.10. WHAT FICTIONAL FIGURE DID RUESS PAY TRIBUTE TO IN AN INSCRIPTION?K. CAPTAIN AHABL. CAPTAIN HOOKM. CAPTAIN NEMON. THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTOO. TARZAN


1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE OF RONALD FRANZ, THE MAN WHO BEFRIENDS MCCANDLESS?

A.HE WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED LEATHERWORKER.B.HE HAD LOST HIS WIFE AND SON IN AN ACCIDENT.C.HE THRIVED IN ARGUING WITH MCCANDLESS.D.HE WAS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN.E.HE WAS 80 YEARS OLD.

2. WHAT SPECIAL REQUEST DID FRANZ MAKE OF MCCANDLESS?

A.HE ASKED MCCANDLESS TO LET HIM JOIN HIM IN ALASKA.B.HE ASKED MCCANDLESS TO BE HIS GRANDSON.C.HE ASKED MCCANDLESS TO PAINT HIS PORTRAIT.D.HE ASKED MCCANDLESS TO MAIL A LETTER.E.HE ASKED MCCANDLESS TO SCATTER HIS ASHES WHEN HE DIES.

3. HOW DID FRANZ RESPOND TO NEWS OF MCCANDLESS’S DEATH?

A.HE BURNED A STACK OF POSTCARDS.B.HE WEPT FOR DAYS.C.HE RENOUNCED GOD AND GOT DRUNK.D.HE COMMITTED SUICIDE.E.HE DROVE TO ALASKA TO VISIT THE SITE OF MCCANDLESS’S DEATH.

4. HOW DOES KRAKAUER PORTRAY MCCANDLESS’S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS PARENTS?A.AS FOND AND LOVING.B.AS HATEFUL AND AGONIZING.C.AS ANALYTICAL AND INDIFFERENT.D.AS COLD AND BITTER.E.AS PLAYFULLY ARGUMENTATIVE.

5. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE OF MCCANDLESS?F. HE WAS LIKELY CELIBATE.G. HE PLAYED THE PIANO.H. HE NEVER PLANNED ON HAVING A

FAMILY.I. HE WAS A FAN OF MARK TWAIN.J. HE ADMIRED HIS SISTER.

6. WHAT WAS THE PREVAILING PERCEPTION OF MCCANDLESS AMONG ALASKANS?K. THAT HE WAS A BOLD TRAVELER.L. THAT HE GOT A STREAK OF BAD LUCK.M. THAT HE WAS A MISGUIDED SOUL.N. THAT HE WAS AN IDIOT.O. THAT HE WAS HEROIC.

7. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE OF GENE ROSELLINI?A. HE TOOK COURSES FOR LEARNING, NOT A DEGREE.B. HE BELIEVED THAT MODERN MAN WAS GENETICALLY

SUPERIOR TO THE CAVE MAN.C. HIS GOAL WAS TO BE INDEPENDENT OF MODERN

TECHNOLOGY.D. FOR ONE STRETCH HE WALKED 18 MILES A DAY.E. HE STABBED HIMSELF TO COMMIT SUICIDE.8. AFTER COMPARING AND CONTRASTING MCCANDLESS WITH ROSELLINI, WATERMAN, AND MCGUNN, WHAT TERM DOES KRAKAUER USE TO DESCRIBE MCCANDLESS?F. PILGRIMG. SOCIOPATHH. OUTCASTI. MENTALLY ILLJ. NUTCASE9. WHAT IS THE MOST LIKELY REASON THAT KRAKAUER DEVOTES AN ENTIRE CHAPTER TO EVERETT RUESS?K. TO DEPICT THE CONTRAST BETWEEN RUESS AND

MCCANDLESS.L. TO CREATE A PARALLEL BETWEEN RUESS AND

MCCANDLESS.M. TO DIMINISH MCCANDLESS’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS.N. TO HIGHLIGHT THE INSANITY IN BOTH MEN’S THINKING.O. TO PAINT A PORTRAIT OF FOOLHARDY JOURNEYMEN.10. WHAT FICTIONAL FIGURE DID RUESS PAY TRIBUTE TO IN AN INSCRIPTION?P. CAPTAIN AHABQ. CAPTAIN HOOKR. CAPTAIN NEMOS. THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTOT. TARZAN


1.FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF MCCANDLESS’S BODY, WHAT REMAINED THE BIGGEST MYSTERY FOR POLICE?

A.HIS IDENTITYB.HIS LETTERSC.HIS LOCATIOND.HIS POSSESSIONSE.THE MANNER OF HIS DEATH

2.MCCANDLESS’S FATHER, WALT, COULD BEST BE DESCRIBED AS…

A.AVERAGE.B.BRILLIANT.C.UNDERACHIEVING.D.WHITE COLLAR.E.WORKING CLASS.

3.WHICH TERM LEAST EFFECTIVELY DESCRIBES MCCANDLESS AS A BOY GROWING UP?

A.CAREFREEB.DETERMINEDC.STUBBORND.TALENTEDE.UNCOMPROMISING

4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT ONE OF MCCANDLESS’S YOUTHFUL PASSIONS?

A.COLLEGEB.HIS CARC.MUSICD.RUNNINGE.SOUTH AFRICA

5.WHAT FAULT OF HIS FATHER’S CREATED A GRUDGE IN MCCANDLESS?

A.HIS FATHER CHEATED ON HIS MOTHER.B.HIS FATHER LIED ON HIS TAX FORMS.C.HIS FATHER WAS A CHILD MOLESTER.D.HIS FATHER WAS A COCAINE ADDICT.E.HIS FATHER WAS A RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC.


6. TO WHAT ORGANIZATION DID MCCANDLESS DONATE THE BALANCE OF HIS BANK ACCOUNT?

A.NAACPB.NCAAC.OXFAMD.UNICEFE.WHO

7. WHAT WAS CARINE’S RESPONSE TO NEWS OF HER BROTHER’S DEATH?

A.ANGERB.DEEP THOUGHTC.HYSTERICSD.LAUGHTERE.RELIEF

8. WHAT IS KRAKAUER’S VERBATIM RESPONSE TO THE NOTION THAT MCCANDLESS HAD BEEN BENT ON SUICIDE BEFORE WALKING “INTO THE WILD”?

A.“I BELIEVE THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT.”B.“I’M NOT SO SURE, HOWEVER.”C.“I OFTEN CONSIDER DOING THE SAME THING MYSELF.”D.“I PLAN TO SPEND MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER PROVING HIS INSANITY.”E.“I THINK THE WILD WALKED INTO HIM.”

9. WHAT PEAK FIXATED THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG MAN?

A.THE DEVILS THUMBB.HALF DOMEC.KILIMANJAROD.MT. EVERESTE.MT. MCKINLEY

10.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS TRUE?A.KRAKAUER WAS ABLE TO ASCEND THE PRECEDING PEAK ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT.B.KRAKAUER WAS UNABLE TO ASCEND THE PEAK ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT.C.KRAKAUER BROKE BOTH LEGS DURING THE ASCENT.D.KRAKAUER’S CLIMBING PARTNER DID NOT SURVIVE THE ASCENT.E.KRAKAUER NEARLY STARVED ON THE ASCENT.


1. FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF MCCANDLESS’S BODY, WHAT REMAINED THE BIGGEST MYSTERY FOR POLICE?

A. HIS IDENTITYB. HIS LETTERSC. HIS LOCATIOND. HIS POSSESSIONSE. THE MANNER OF HIS DEATH

2. MCCANDLESS’S FATHER, WALT, COULD BEST BE DESCRIBED AS…

A. AVERAGE.B. BRILLIANT.C. UNDERACHIEVING.D. WHITE COLLAR.E. WORKING CLASS.

3. WHICH TERM LEAST EFFECTIVELY DESCRIBES MCCANDLESS AS A BOY GROWING UP?

A. CAREFREEB. DETERMINEDC. STUBBORND. TALENTEDE. UNCOMPROMISING

4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT ONE OF MCCANDLESS’S YOUTHFUL PASSIONS?

A. COLLEGEB. HIS CARC. MUSICD. RUNNINGE. SOUTH AFRICA

5. WHAT FAULT OF HIS FATHER’S CREATED A GRUDGE IN MCCANDLESS?

A. HIS FATHER CHEATED ON HIS MOTHER.

B. HIS FATHER LIED ON HIS TAX FORMS.C. HIS FATHER WAS A CHILD MOLESTER.D. HIS FATHER WAS A COCAINE ADDICT.E. HIS FATHER WAS A RECOVERING

ALCOHOLIC.

6. TO WHAT ORGANIZATION DID MCCANDLESS DONATE THE BALANCE OF HIS BANK ACCOUNT?

F. NAACPG. NCAAH. OXFAMI. UNICEFJ. WHO

7. WHAT WAS CARINE’S RESPONSE TO NEWS OF HER BROTHER’S DEATH?

K. ANGERL. DEEP THOUGHTM. HYSTERICSN. LAUGHTERO. RELIEF

8. WHAT IS KRAKAUER’S VERBATIM RESPONSE TO THE NOTION THAT MCCANDLESS HAD BEEN BENT ON SUICIDE BEFORE WALKING “INTO THE WILD”?

A. “I BELIEVE THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT.”B. “I’M NOT SO SURE, HOWEVER.”C. “I OFTEN CONSIDER DOING THE SAME

THING MYSELF.”D. “I PLAN TO SPEND MY PROFESSIONAL

CAREER PROVING HIS INSANITY.”E. “I THINK THE WILD WALKED INTO HIM.”

9. WHAT PEAK FIXATED THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG MAN?

F. THE DEVILS THUMBG. HALF DOMEH. KILIMANJAROI. MT. EVERESTJ. MT. MCKINLEY

10. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS TRUE?

K. KRAKAUER WAS ABLE TO ASCEND THE PRECEDING PEAK ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT.

L. KRAKAUER WAS UNABLE TO ASCEND THE PEAK ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT.

M. KRAKAUER BROKE BOTH LEGS DURING THE ASCENT.

N. KRAKAUER’S CLIMBING PARTNER DID NOT SURVIVE THE ASCENT.

O. KRAKAUER NEARLY STARVED ON THE ASCENT.

READING QUIZ CHAPTERS 15-END1.WHAT DID KRAKAUER’S FATHER BELIEVE WAS THE

PINNACLE OF ASPIRATIONS?A.ACHIEVING INNER PEACEB.CLIMBING MT. EVERESTC.ATTAINING FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCED.BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL FAMILYE.ATTENDING HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL2.HOW DOES KRAKAUER SUM UP HIS OWN PASSION FOR

CLIMBING?A.“I WAS WILLING TO DIE IF IT WERE ON MY TERMS.”B.“I WANTED ONLY TO PROVE TO MY FATHER THAT I COULD ACHIEVE.”C.“I WAS STIRRED BY THE DARK MYSTERY OF MORTALITY.”D.“I WAS SUICIDAL.”E.“I KNEW THAT ONLY A BRUSH WITH THE VOID COULD STAVE OFF MY BOREDOM.”3.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE OF

MCCANDLESS’S HITCHHIKING EXPERIENCE WITH GAYLORD STUCKEY?

A.STUCKEY DROPPED HIM OFF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA.B.STUCKEY GOT A NEGATIVE IMPRESSION OF MCCANDLESS.C.STUCKEY INITIALLY TOLD MCCANDLESS HE COULDN’T GIVE HIM A LIFT.D.STUCKEY TRIED TO CONVINCE MCCANDLESS TO CALL HIS PARENTS.E.STUCKEY WARNED MCCANDLESS THAT IT WAS TOO SOON IN SPRING TO CAMP OUT.

4. WHAT DOES MCCANDLESS REFER TO AS “ONE OF THE GREATEST TRAGEDIES OF [HIS] LIFE”?

A. HEADING INTO THE WILDB. IGNORING GALLIEN’S ADVICEC. KILLING A GRIZZLY BEARD. NOT MAKING AMENDS WITH HIS FATHERE. SHOOTING A MOOSE

5. WHAT OBSTACLE INITIALLY KEEPS MCCANDLESS FROM HEADING BACK INTO CIVILIZATION?

A. DIARRHEA B. HUNGERC. REGRETD. RISING RIVER WATERSE. AN IMPENDING THUNDER STORM

READING QUIZ CHAPTERS 15-END

6. WHAT PERCEIVED ERROR BY MCCANDLESS DID HIS CRITICS OFTEN CITE AS PROOF OF HIS INCOMPETENCE?

A. HIS FORGETFULNESS IN LEAVING BEHIND A MAP.B. HIS ILL-PREPARED SLEEPING GEAR.C. HIS INABILITY TO TRAVERSE WATERWAYS.D. HIS INACCURATE LABELING OF A CARIBOU AS A

MOOSE.E. HIS MISIDENTIFICATION OF LOCAL PLANTS AS EDIBLE.

7. WHAT KEY POINTS SEEM MOST CENTRAL IN KRAKAUER’S CRITICISMS OF MCCANDLESS?

A. IGNORANCE AND STUPIDITYB. INNOCENCE AND NAÏVETÉC. HUBRIS AND ARROGANCED. ILL-FORTUNE AND LUCKE. MISSTEPS AND DECISION-MAKING

8. BASED ON KRAKAUER’S RESEARCH AND CONCLUSIONS, WHAT LIKELY LED TO MCCANDLESS’S DEATH?

A. ARSENICB. MOLDC. WILD POTATO ROOTSD. WILD POTATO SEEDSE. WILD SWEET PEAS9. ACCORDING TO KRAKAUER, HOW DOES

MCCANDLESS APPEAR IN HIS FINAL PHOTOGRAPH?

A. ANGEREDB. AT PEACEC. BITTERD. INSANEE. WORRIED10.WHAT CONTENT DOES KRAKAUER COVER IN

THE EPILOGUE?A. KRAKAUER’S OWN NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCEB. MCCANDLESS’S PARENTS VISITING THE BUSC. MCCANDLESS’S FUNERALD. PICKING UP THE COPY OF OUTSIDE MAGAZINE

FROM THE NEWSSTANDE. RETRACING MCCANDLESS’S STEPS FROM ATLANTA

TO ALASKA

READING QUIZ CHAPTERS 15-END1.WHAT DID KRAKAUER’S FATHER BELIEVE WAS THE

PINNACLE OF ASPIRATIONS?A.ACHIEVING INNER PEACEB.CLIMBING MT. EVERESTC.ATTAINING FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCED.BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL FAMILYE.ATTENDING HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL2.HOW DOES KRAKAUER SUM UP HIS OWN PASSION FOR

CLIMBING?A.“I WAS WILLING TO DIE IF IT WERE ON MY TERMS.”B.“I WANTED ONLY TO PROVE TO MY FATHER THAT I COULD ACHIEVE.”C.“I WAS STIRRED BY THE DARK MYSTERY OF MORTALITY.”D.“I WAS SUICIDAL.”E.“I KNEW THAT ONLY A BRUSH WITH THE VOID COULD STAVE OFF MY BOREDOM.”3.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE OF

MCCANDLESS’S HITCHHIKING EXPERIENCE WITH GAYLORD STUCKEY?

A.STUCKEY DROPPED HIM OFF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA.B.STUCKEY GOT A NEGATIVE IMPRESSION OF MCCANDLESS.C.STUCKEY INITIALLY TOLD MCCANDLESS HE COULDN’T GIVE HIM A LIFT.D.STUCKEY TRIED TO CONVINCE MCCANDLESS TO CALL HIS PARENTS.E.STUCKEY WARNED MCCANDLESS THAT IT WAS TOO SOON IN SPRING TO CAMP OUT.

4. WHAT DOES MCCANDLESS REFER TO AS “ONE OF THE GREATEST TRAGEDIES OF [HIS] LIFE”?

A. HEADING INTO THE WILDB. IGNORING GALLIEN’S ADVICEC. KILLING A GRIZZLY BEARD. NOT MAKING AMENDS WITH HIS FATHERE. SHOOTING A MOOSE

5. WHAT OBSTACLE INITIALLY KEEPS MCCANDLESS FROM HEADING BACK INTO CIVILIZATION?

A. DIARRHEA B. HUNGERC. REGRETD. RISING RIVER WATERSE. AN IMPENDING THUNDER STORM

READING QUIZ CHAPTERS 15-END

6. WHAT PERCEIVED ERROR BY MCCANDLESS DID HIS CRITICS OFTEN CITE AS PROOF OF HIS INCOMPETENCE?

A. HIS FORGETFULNESS IN LEAVING BEHIND A MAP.B. HIS ILL-PREPARED SLEEPING GEAR.C. HIS INABILITY TO TRAVERSE WATERWAYS.D. HIS INACCURATE LABELING OF A CARIBOU AS A

MOOSE.E. HIS MISIDENTIFICATION OF LOCAL PLANTS AS EDIBLE.

7. WHAT KEY POINTS SEEM MOST CENTRAL IN KRAKAUER’S CRITICISMS OF MCCANDLESS?

A. IGNORANCE AND STUPIDITYB. INNOCENCE AND NAÏVETÉC. HUBRIS AND ARROGANCED. ILL-FORTUNE AND LUCKE. MISSTEPS AND DECISION-MAKING

8. BASED ON KRAKAUER’S RESEARCH AND CONCLUSIONS, WHAT LIKELY LED TO MCCANDLESS’S DEATH?

A. ARSENICB. MOLDC. WILD POTATO ROOTSD. WILD POTATO SEEDSE. WILD SWEET PEAS9. ACCORDING TO KRAKAUER, HOW DOES

MCCANDLESS APPEAR IN HIS FINAL PHOTOGRAPH?

A. ANGEREDB. AT PEACEC. BITTERD. INSANEE. WORRIED10.WHAT CONTENT DOES KRAKAUER COVER IN

THE EPILOGUE?A. KRAKAUER’S OWN NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCEB. MCCANDLESS’S PARENTS VISITING THE BUSC. MCCANDLESS’S FUNERALD. PICKING UP THE COPY OF OUTSIDE MAGAZINE

FROM THE NEWSSTANDE. RETRACING MCCANDLESS’S STEPS FROM ATLANTA

TO ALASKA

ACTIVITY 1:GETTING READY TO READ

Into the Wild is a nonfiction, full-length text by Jon Krakauer. Published in 1996, it is based on an article Krakauer wrote in Outside Magazine about Christopher McCandless, a young college graduate who went off to Alaska and died in the woods. Because Krakauer’s article drew a huge amount of mail to the magazine, he decided to write a book about this interesting character. Chris McCandless was an idealistic young man who formed a life philosophy based on his experience and his reading in college. His idealism, ironically, led to his death by starvation. He made choices that seemed foolish as we look at them now. But McCandless genuinely loved the outdoors and wanted to live in the world without all the trappings of money and his middle-class upbringing. Into to the Wild is, in a way, a mystery story. We’re unsure as to why McCandless rejected his family, why he was so angry with them, and why he chose to head for Alaska.

ACTIVITY 1:GETTING READY TO READ

Quickwrite: Write for 4-5 minutes on one of the following prompts:

• Think about your experience hiking, backpacking, and/or existing in the wild. What are the benefits of any one of these activities?

• Think about some alternative plans you might have to beginning college immediately after high school. What might you do? Why would you do it, and for how long could you see yourself doing that activity?

• Think about an experience you have had when you were alone and made some misjudgments that could have led to disaster but did not. (This does not have to be in the outdoors.) What miscalculations did you make and how did you avoid disaster?

Keep this initial quickwrite in your Into the Wild notebook.

RHETORICAL GRAMMAR FOR EXPOSITORY READING AND WRITING

WRITING ABOUT WHAT OTHERS SAYRG ACTIVITY 1: GUIDED COMPOSITION

• This activity is based on Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild, Chapter One, “The Alaska Interior.”

• Guided Composition

• Noticing Language

• collect compositions

RHETORICAL GRAMMAR FOR EXPOSITORY READING AND WRITING

WRITING ABOUT WHAT OTHERS SAYACTIVITY 2:

ACTIVITY 2: EXPLORING KEY CONCEPTS

We know about characters from their actions, their thoughts, their spoken words, their appearance, and comments others make about them. This book explores a character, Chris McCandless, and the actions he takes. Before reading about him, complete this prereading activity. Read the scenarios below, and use specific words to describe the character in the scenario. In groups, you will compare your lists and then turn in your finalized list of descriptive words (with your module packet).

Mary was from the Valley. She use the word “like” in front of most of her adjectives when she spoke, and she talked quite a bit. On her 16th birthday, she expected to get a car. It was a given. Her friends thoughts she would get a pink Maserati, but she was sure her parents would buy her the candy-apple red Alfa Romeo. The day of her birthday came, and as she peered out her bedroom window, she noticed a new car in the driveway, but it was yellow – surely not hers. She thought it may have been the new cleaning woman’s. She did not see any other car in the long driveway. She ran down to get a closer look. It was a new canary-colored convertible Volkswagen bug. On the front driver’s seat was a birthday note to her. She burst into tears and ran into the house.

Words to describe Mary: ________________________________________________________________



Vandana had a comfortable life. Not unlike her friends, Vandana had gone to school, had done well, and soon was to attend the university. She had received several scholarships, and her parents had planned to pay for the rest of her education. Vandana hoped to help people in her future career but hadn’t quite decided in which field she wanted to do this. She decided to take a year off before attending college. Her parents refused her this. She worked hard the summer before she was to go to college and made enough money for a one-way ticket to India. She had been interested in the life of Buddha and wanted to learn more about him. Leaving a note for her parents, she headed off to India in hopes of discovering a spiritual and centered path for herself.

Words to describe Vandana: ________________________________________________________________



Emory was very popular and made friends easily. People were drawn to his honest nature and his free spirit. It was odd when two of his classmates saw drawings he had made to build bombs in his math notebook. It was even odder when he took off one day without a word to his teachers or friends. His parents notified the police. When they did a search of his room, they found two small guns and threatening notes he had written to a former girlfriend a year earlier.

Words to describe Emory: ________________________________________________________________

ACTIVITY 3: SURVEYING THE TEXT

• Count the number of chapters in the text.

• Read a few of the chapters titles. What do the titles have in common?

• Read a few of the short epigraphs that come before a chapter begins. (An epigraph is a relevant quotation at the beginning of a book, a chapter, etc.) Do they seem to have a common thread? What do you know about them and their authors?

• Look at the length of the book and write an observation.

• Look at any maps or photographs and write an observation.

• Identify the author and the publication date and write an observation.

• What other works has Krakauer written? What do you know of them? Have you read any other them?

From these clues, what do you think the book is about? How do you think it is organized? Write your predictions and observations in your notebook.

ACTIVITY 4: MAKING PREDICTIONS AND ASKING QUESTIONS

Krakauer wrote an article entitled “Death of an Innocent” in 1993. He followed the path of Chris McCandless in the pages of Outside Magazine. He later expanded the article into a book, and in 1007, Sean Penn made the book into a movie. For interviews and more background on the book and movie, go to the Outside Magazine website: http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/Back-Into-the-Wild.html. Then answer the following questions in your notebook.1. What do you know or assume about a magazine called

Outside Magazine?2. Why do you think Krakauer wrote this particular book?3. What do you think made this story so popular? What do you

think people found engaging about it?

Write your responses in your notebook.

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/Back-Into-the-Wild.html

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/Back-Into-the-Wild.html

ACTIVITY 5: READING THE AUTHOR’S NOTE

Many readers skip the author’s note that begins a book, but this note by Krakauer is particularly interesting and will guide your reading of his book.Read the three-page author’s note before you begin to read the work. Then form groups of three or four, and discuss the following questions: 1. What might McCandless’s motives have been for his behavior

(paragraph 3)?2. How difficult would it be to invent a new life?3. In paragraph 4, Krakauer introduces some themes of the book.

Discuss these themes. 4. In paragraph 5, Krakauer warns us that he will not be an impartial

biographer. What does this mean? Are all biographers impartial? What might we expect from Krakauer?

5. In the last paragraph, Krakauer introduces the complexity of Chris McCandless. Keep in mind the following four questions when reading and considering the text: • Should we admire McCandless for his courage and noble ideas?• Was he a reckless idiot?• Was he crazy?• Was he an arrogant and stupid narcissist?

After discussion, write your response to the author’s note in your notebook.

ACTIVITY 6: NOTICING AND STOPPING TO UNDERSTAND NEW OR DIFFICULT WORDS

Place a +, =, or – sign nexty to the word at each phase of reading.

Before I read

While I read

After I read

Chapter 1unsulliedsonorousmeanderedChapter 2troughpermafrostderelictanomalyenvironsenigmatic

ACTIVITY 6: NOTICING AND STOPPING TO UNDERSTAND NEW OR DIFFICULT WORDSPlace a +, =, or – sign nexty to the word at each phase of reading.

Before I read

While I read

After I read

Chapter 3itinerantestrangednomadic unencumberedemancipatedChapter 4-7intermittentemasculatedindolentlyespoused

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