Into the Wild Quizzes

Into the Wild Quiz 1

By Alice Cullina · Edited by Damien Chazelle · Last reviewed November 30, 2009

1 Who is the last person to see McCandless alive?

Gordon Samel

Jim Gallien

Wayne Westerberg

Gaylord Stuckey
2 What name does McCandless go by after leaving Atlanta?

Tolstoy

John

Alex

Chris
3 In what season does McCandless go into the wilderness?

Spring

Summer

Winter

Fall
4 What makes McCandless afraid of water?

Falling into the ocean as a young child

Almost drowning in his canoe in Mexico

A flash flood that almost drowns him in the Mojave Desert

Drinking bad water that makes him sick in Alaska
5 What does McCandless do in Bullhead City?

Works at McDonalds

Stays in a monastery

Works on a farm

Canoes around
6 Who does Krakauer think was most like McCandless?

Wayne Westerberg

John Waterman

Carl McCunn

Everett Ruess
7 Which of the following does not describe McCandless?

Stubborn

Moral

Passionate

Easy going
8 Which of the following does McCandless declare himself a fan of, which is surprising, considering his tastes and beliefs?

George H. W. Bush

Jack London

Ronald Reagan

Tolstoy
9 What is Krakauer's obsession in his early twenties?

Mountain climbing

Skiing

Hunting

Writing
10 What seems to lead to McCandless's total separation from his parents?

Their pushing him to go to law school

Their divorce

His discovery of his father's secret past

Their graduation gift of a car
11 In what is McCandless living at the end of his life?

A tent

A cave

A treehouse

A bus
12 What does McCandless do the summer after his sophomore year of college?

Deliver pizzas

Camp in Alaska

Drive to Mexico

Volunteer at a homeless shelter
13 What kind of car does Chris drive?

A Datsun

A Ford

A Toyota

A Volkswagen
14 Who of the following does not actually live an outdoorsy or adventurous life?

Chris McCandless

Jon Krakauer

Everett Ruess

Jack London
15 What does Ron Franz ask McCandless?

If he can adopt him

For him not to go through with the Alaska trip

If he can meet his parents

If he can come with him to Alaska
16 What do we know McCandless comes to regret deeply?

Not bringing more food with him into the wilderness

Trying to shoot a bear with his small gun

Killing the moose

Not telling his parents where he is
17 What prevents McCandless from leaving the wilderness on his first attempt?

He can't find his way

He decides he can't handle readjusting to society

The Teklanika River is uncrossable

He gets too weak from food poisoning
18 What does Wayne Westerberg say McCandless liked to drink?

White Russians

Green tea

Beer

White wine
19 If McCandless had had a good map with him in Alaska, what might he have seen?

An emergency radio station not far from the bus

A nearby hunting cabin where he could've found help

An easy way to cross the Teklanika, only half a mile downstream

An easy back way out of his camp to a nearby town
20 What does McCandless's Alaska journal largely contain?

Abstractions about nature and his own soul

Descriptions of the scenery

Lists of what he ate

Explanations for all of his choices
21 Why is McCandless's skill at making money surprising?

Because he is very bad with numbers

Because he is an irresponsible spender

Because he believes wealth is inherently evil

Because he has trouble focusing on any one task
22 Which extracurricular is McCandless involved in at Emory?

Writing for the newspaper

College Democrats Club

The outdoors club

Cross country
23 Who is the first in the family to find out about Chris's death?

Walt McCandless

Sam McCandless

Chris Fish

Carine McCandless
24 What was the only thing that would've pleased Krakauer's father?

Jon giving up climbing

Jon becoming a policeman

Jon becoming a doctor

Jon climbing the Devils Thumb
25 What quality of Chris's does Carine not share?

Distaste for wealth

Having had a bad relationship with their parents

High-achiever

Intensity

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