Into The Wild

Author’s Note-Chapter 3

Reading Check

1. 1992 (Author’s Note)

2. Jim Gallien (Chapter 1)

3. Starvation (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. They are afraid because they have seen Chris’s SOS note and can smell the bad odor coming from the bus. (Chapter 2)

2. He discovers that Alex’s real name is Chris. This is significant because Wayne realizes that “Alex” has a history he does not want to share with others. (Chapter 3)

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. He burns it. (Chapter 4)

2. McDonald's (Chapter 5)

3. Sells books (Chapter 5)

Short Answer

1. She told him he needed to bathe more often. (Chapter 5)

2. McCandless visits “The Slabs” because it is an old navy airbase that offers campsites for snowbirds. (Chapter 5)

3. Ron Franz wants to adopt him. (Chapter 6)

Chapter 7-9

Reading Check

1. Wayne’s girlfriend (Chapter 7)

2. 145 days (Chapter 8)

3. NEMO 1934 (Chapter 9)

4. He was the mayor of Hippie Cove who lived in the Alaskan wilderness for 10 years. (Chapter 8)

Short Answer

1. To Krakauer, they did not feel that McCandless should be praised or recognized. (Chapter 8)

2. They are both young adventurers who died in the wild. (Chapter 9)

Chapters 10-12

Reading Check

1. Jim Gallien (Chapter 10)

2. Washington, DC (Chapter 11)

3. Social justice issues (Chapter 12)

Short Answer

1. He divorced his first wife and started dating his secretary, Billie. (Chapter 11)

2. He performed well and enjoyed music but was resistant to authority figures. (Chapter 11)

3. After Chris was born, Walt fathered another child with his first wife, Marcia. This angers Chris because he feels like his father lacks morality. (Chapter 12)

Chapters 13-15

Reading Check

1. Chris’s remains are cremated. (Chapter 13)

2. The Devils Thumb (Chapter 14)

3. He sets it on fire. (Chapter 15)

Short Answer

1. Unlike Chris, Carine has a good relationship with her parents. (Chapter 13)

2. The ice wall was too thin to climb. (Chapter 14)

3. Krakauer believes McCandless’s death was an accident caused by McCandless’s youth and naïveté. (Chapter 15)

Chapter 16-Epilogue

Reading Check

1. The Stampede Trail (Chapter 16)

2. It is flooded. (Chapter 16)

3. Alaska Pacific University (Chapter 17)

Short Answer

1. McCandless regrets killing the moose because even though he tried to use every part of the carcass, his inexperience and naïveté made most of it unusable. (Chapter 16)

2. One prevalent theory is that McCandless accidentally misidentified a plant, consuming its poisonous look-a-like. (Chapter 18)

3. Billie leaves a first aid kit and Walt erects a memorial. These items are significant because they suggest that Chris’s parents have accepted his life as a wanderer by ensuring other adventurers have resources they may need (i.e., the first aid kit) and that they still love him, despite the conflict between them (i.e., erecting the memorial). (Epilogue)