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Into the Wild

by Jon Krakauer

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Into the Wild Quiz--10 Questions (first few chapters)

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  • Released February 12, 2019
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Grade Levels

Grade 11

Excerpt

Into The Wild Test #1

  • To what charity did Chris donate his tax fund? Why is this ironic?
  • What is Oh-My-God-Hot Springs? Describe it.
  • Describe the belt that McCandless made at Franz’s house.
  • What advice does McCandless give to Ronald Franz? What does the octogenarian do as a result of this advice?
  • List one of the two “normal” jobs McCandless has during this section of the book. By normal I mean you have to show up every day and work a usual workday schedule.
  • What do you know so far about Chris’ relationship with his family?
  • When McCandless works in South Dakota for Westerberg, where does he work and what does he do?
  • What particular talent does McCandless display while with the Burres family at the swap meet and again at a bar with Westerberg and crew?
  • What happens to McCandless’ yellow Datsun?
  • Why does Krakauer begin each chapter with quotes?

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10 question quiz over first 60 pages or so of INTO THE WILD by Krakauer. I use this as a way of checking to see that students are acutually reading--we do these quizzes and then do socratic seminars and/or class discussions.