Whole Book Study Questions
Study Questions for Into the Wild
Chapter 1
1. What date does Jim Gallien pick up the hitchhiker? 2. By the time he drops off the hitchhiker what does Jim Gallien think of him?
3. By the end of the chapter what do you know about the hitchhiker?
Chapter
Chapter 2
1. Describe the land where Alex disappears. 2. Who visits the bus and what do they find? What date is it?
3. Write down what you have found out about Alex.
Chapter 3
1. What was Alex' adopted home like? When did he first arrive there? 2. What was his real home like?
3. What do you find out about his family?
4. By the end of the chapter, what additional facts do you know about Alex?
Chapter 4
1. What happens when Chris/Alex drives the Datsun into the
Lake Mead National Recreation Area?
2. What do his parents think?
3. Where does Chris/Alex travel in this chapter and what in the time-line? (What dates are covered?)
4. By the end of the chapter what do we learn about
Chris/Alex' view of money and belongings?
Chapter 5
1. What did the people in Bullhead City think of Chris/Alex?
2. Describe the Slabs in your own words.
3. What is the irony about Jack London?
4. What do we learn about Chris/Alex in this chapter?
5. Trace the time-line in this chapter.
Chapter 6
1. What changes do you notice in the narrative stance of
Chapter 6?
2. Why did they send Krakauer (the writer) a letter from
Ronald Franz?
3. In Chris/Alex's letter to Ron Franz he reveals his philosophy of life. This is important for an understanding of what happened to him. Summarize his ideas in your own words.
4. What did the Krakauer learn when he visited Franz?
Chapter 7
1. What was Chris/Alex's relationship to his family?
2. What was his relationship to people in general?
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3. How does the writer know all this?
4. When did Wayne Westerberg last see Alex?
Chapter 8
1. When people read about Chris McCandless' death what was their reaction?
2. Why does Krakauer write about other eccentric people?
3. How does Chris/Alex compare to these
Chapter 1
1. What date does Jim Gallien pick up the hitchhiker? 2. By the time he drops off the hitchhiker what does Jim Gallien think of him?
3. By the end of the chapter what do you know about the hitchhiker?
Chapter
Chapter 2
1. Describe the land where Alex disappears. 2. Who visits the bus and what do they find? What date is it?
3. Write down what you have found out about Alex.
Chapter 3
1. What was Alex' adopted home like? When did he first arrive there? 2. What was his real home like?
3. What do you find out about his family?
4. By the end of the chapter, what additional facts do you know about Alex?
Chapter 4
1. What happens when Chris/Alex drives the Datsun into the
Lake Mead National Recreation Area?
2. What do his parents think?
3. Where does Chris/Alex travel in this chapter and what in the time-line? (What dates are covered?)
4. By the end of the chapter what do we learn about
Chris/Alex' view of money and belongings?
Chapter 5
1. What did the people in Bullhead City think of Chris/Alex?
2. Describe the Slabs in your own words.
3. What is the irony about Jack London?
4. What do we learn about Chris/Alex in this chapter?
5. Trace the time-line in this chapter.
Chapter 6
1. What changes do you notice in the narrative stance of
Chapter 6?
2. Why did they send Krakauer (the writer) a letter from
Ronald Franz?
3. In Chris/Alex's letter to Ron Franz he reveals his philosophy of life. This is important for an understanding of what happened to him. Summarize his ideas in your own words.
4. What did the Krakauer learn when he visited Franz?
Chapter 7
1. What was Chris/Alex's relationship to his family?
2. What was his relationship to people in general?
2
3. How does the writer know all this?
4. When did Wayne Westerberg last see Alex?
Chapter 8
1. When people read about Chris McCandless' death what was their reaction?
2. Why does Krakauer write about other eccentric people?
3. How does Chris/Alex compare to these