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1
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  • author of the book

- has many parallels to McCandless such as their father-son relationship

A

Jon Krakauer

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  • graduates Emory University in 1990
  • goes to Alaska and changes name
  • found dead fourth months after leaving home
    intelligent, stubborn, easy-going
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Christopher McCandless

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  • the last person to be in contact with McCandless

- drives McCandless from 4 miles out to Fairbanks to Denail

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Jim Gallien

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  • owner of a grain elevator
  • picks McCandless up hitch hiking
  • gives McCandless many jobs
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Wayne Westerberg

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  • McCandless’s father
  • very much like McCandless
  • had musical talent, intelligent
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Walt McCandless

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  • McCandless’s mother

- passionate, strong temper

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Billie McCandless

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  • McCandless helps this woman sell books at the flea market

- sees McCandless as quiet, but outgoing when he is with a crowd

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Jan Burres

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  • McCandless’s younger sister
  • very close to Christ
  • Married to Chris Fish
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Carine McCandless

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  • 80 year old man who pick McCandless up while hitch hiking
  • lost his wife and children
  • offers to adopt McCandless
  • stops believing in God after the death of McCandless
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Robert Franz

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  • husband of Carine McCandless

- tells Carine McCandless of her brother’s death

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Chris Fish

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non-fiction

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the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay

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fiction

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the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.

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epigraph

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an apposite quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc

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diction

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style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words

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connotation

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the suggesting of additional meanings by a word or expression, apart from its literal meaning

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denotation

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the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it

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tone

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an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

18
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epilouge

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a concluding part added to a literary work, as a novel

19
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characterization

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a literary device that is used step by step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story

20
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biography

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a written account of another person’s life

21
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autobiography

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a history of a person’s life written or told by that person

22
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Name of Chris McCandless when he arrives in Alaska

A

Alexander Supertramp

23
Q

What did Chris McCandless do with his college fund?

A

He donated it to OXFAM, a charity to support the famined

24
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What type of car did McCandless own?

A

Datsun

25
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What was the name of the trail that McCandless followed to bus in Alaska?

A

Stampede Trail

26
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In what year did Chris McCandless arrive in Alaska?

A

1992

27
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Where did McCandless canoe to?

A

Mexico and into the Pacific Ocean

28
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What item did Gallien pass on to McCandless?

A

Rubber boots

29
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What were McCandless’s thoughts on hunting?

A

Never waste any part of the game and be aware of what you are eating

30
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What did Chris stay in while in Alaska?

A

A bus

31
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What event makes Chris fear water?

A

He nearly drown when he fell into the ocean while canoeing

32
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Who were McCandless’s favorite authors?

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Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Henry David Thorough, Jack London

33
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Where did Chris McCandless attend college?

A

Emory University

34
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Why was McCandless upset with his parents?

A

He didn’t believe in their selfish ways, he was upset by their divorce and his father’s secret past life

35
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What did Chris plan to do if he would have survived?

A

He planned to reestablish himself back into society

36
Q

How did Christopher McCandless die according to Krakauer?

A

McCandless consumed wild potato seeds

37
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How are Chris McCandless and Jon Krakauer similar?

A
  • have poor father-to-son relationships
  • have slight overconfidence
  • express themselves through danger and ambition
  • they like to “climb”
38
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How do Chris McCandless and Jon Krakauer differ?

A
  • Krakauer knows his limits

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