Education: Into the Wild Exam

Exam:

1. Chris McCandless’s mother’s real name was

A) Wilhelmina

B) Lori

C) Tracy

D) Billie

2. On Chris McCandless’s journey he was a father figure who offered to adopt him:

A) Gail Borah

B) Bob Burres

C) Ronald Franz

D) Jim Gallien

3. Ronald Franz was ____ years old when he met Chris McCandless in January 1992.

A) 74

B) 92

C) 80

D) 88

4. Who gives Chris McCandless a mobile home to live in while he was in Bullhead City?

A) Charlie

B) Carl

C) George

5. The Niland Slabs was a…

A) huge flea market

B) mall

C)

6. Chris McCandless was planning to embark on his journey to Alaska in the…

A) Summer

B) Spring

C) Winter

D)Fall

7. Chris McCandless catalogued in his diary the following bounty of wild meat except:

A) porcupine

B) squirrel

C) grey bird

D) rabbit

8. When Chris McCandless’s food supply from McCunn started to dwindle down to almost nothing he…

A) was happy

B) began to worry

C) began to head home

D) was calm

9. A few days before Chris McCandless died he recorded in his diary this phrase:

A) Dear God in Heaven, please forgive me my weakness and sins.

B) You are the only person in the world who could possibly understand what I’m saying.

C) If this adventure proves fatal and you don’t everhear from me again I want you to know you’re a great man.

10. Chris McCandless was found dead just outside of:

A) Yellowstone National Park

B) Crater Lake National Park

C) Olympic National Park

D) Denali National Park

Short Answer Essay:

11.  What does the simile represent in the following passage: “He is smiling in his picture, and there is no mistaking the look in his eyes: Chris McCandless was at peace, serene as a monk gone to God” (199).