Into the wild: Chapters 1-6
Chapter 1
1. Jim Gallien picked Chris McCandless up as Chris is hitchhiking in Alaska. What is the date?
2. Why do you think that Chris gave Jim a phony name (Alex)?
3. What does Chris have in his small backpack?
4. How does Jim try to talk Alex out of going into the woods?
5. Does anyone know that Chris is going to live in the Alaskan woods? What explanation does Alex give?
6. Why does Alex give Gallien his watch, money, and comb?
7. What did Gallien give Alex?
What does Gallien think of Chris?
8. At the end of the trip, why doesn't Gallien tell the police where Chris is?
9. What do we know about Chris/Alex by the end of the chapter?
1. Jim Gallien picked Chris McCandless up as Chris is hitchhiking in Alaska. What is the date?
2. Why do you think that Chris gave Jim a phony name (Alex)?
3. What does Chris have in his small backpack?
4. How does Jim try to talk Alex out of going into the woods?
5. Does anyone know that Chris is going to live in the Alaskan woods? What explanation does Alex give?
6. Why does Alex give Gallien his watch, money, and comb?
7. What did Gallien give Alex?
What does Gallien think of Chris?
8. At the end of the trip, why doesn't Gallien tell the police where Chris is?
9. What do we know about Chris/Alex by the end of the chapter?
Chapter 2
1. What trail did Chris follow into the mountains?
2. How did the junked buses get to Alaska?
3. What are they used for now?
4. When the hunters went to the junked bus, they found a note. What did it say?
5. What did they find in the sleeping bag?
Chapter 3
1. What is the population of Carthage, SD?
2. What is Wayne occupation and how did he and Alex/Chris meet?
3. What are rubber tramps? Leather tramps?
4. How does Wayne describe Alex? List three things.
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5. Why did Alex leave Carthage?
6. Where was Alex from? What did his father do for a living?
7. When was the last time someone from his family saw Alex?
8. What was Chris’s new name on the road?
Chapter 4
1. What happened to Chris’s car? Why did he leave it?
2. Was Chris upset about his car? What did he do with his money?
3. Where did Chris get a job? Why did he leave?
4. Who (the couple) picked Chris up? How did they describe him?
5. What was Chris surviving on?
6. Why were his parents worried? What did they do to find him? Does Chris have an obligation to them?
CHAPTER 5
1. In Chapter 5 where did Chris settle and what job did he get?
2. What were two problems Chris had at his job?
3. Why did he quit? Where did he live?
4. Who did he meet at the Slabs?
5. What did he do for them? What books did he read?
6. How did he entertain people?
7. Where did he go next?
Chapter 6
1. Who sends a letter to Outside Magazine? What does he want?
2. How did Ron and Alex meet? Where is Alex living?
3. What happened to Ron’s family?
4. When Alex leaves Ron where does he go? Why?
5. What is a bull? How does the bull treat Alex? How does Alex have the last laugh?
6. After Alex returns to Ron where does Alex go? Why?
7. What advice does Alex give Ron (in the letter)? How does Ron respond to the advice?
1. What trail did Chris follow into the mountains?
2. How did the junked buses get to Alaska?
3. What are they used for now?
4. When the hunters went to the junked bus, they found a note. What did it say?
5. What did they find in the sleeping bag?
Chapter 3
1. What is the population of Carthage, SD?
2. What is Wayne occupation and how did he and Alex/Chris meet?
3. What are rubber tramps? Leather tramps?
4. How does Wayne describe Alex? List three things.
1.
2.
3.
5. Why did Alex leave Carthage?
6. Where was Alex from? What did his father do for a living?
7. When was the last time someone from his family saw Alex?
8. What was Chris’s new name on the road?
Chapter 4
1. What happened to Chris’s car? Why did he leave it?
2. Was Chris upset about his car? What did he do with his money?
3. Where did Chris get a job? Why did he leave?
4. Who (the couple) picked Chris up? How did they describe him?
5. What was Chris surviving on?
6. Why were his parents worried? What did they do to find him? Does Chris have an obligation to them?
CHAPTER 5
1. In Chapter 5 where did Chris settle and what job did he get?
2. What were two problems Chris had at his job?
3. Why did he quit? Where did he live?
4. Who did he meet at the Slabs?
5. What did he do for them? What books did he read?
6. How did he entertain people?
7. Where did he go next?
Chapter 6
1. Who sends a letter to Outside Magazine? What does he want?
2. How did Ron and Alex meet? Where is Alex living?
3. What happened to Ron’s family?
4. When Alex leaves Ron where does he go? Why?
5. What is a bull? How does the bull treat Alex? How does Alex have the last laugh?
6. After Alex returns to Ron where does Alex go? Why?
7. What advice does Alex give Ron (in the letter)? How does Ron respond to the advice?
