INTO THE WILD TEST UPDATED 3 ACTUAL TEST
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ What are Krakauer's credentials for writing Into the Wild?
Answer: Had already written an article on him for outside magazine-
editor asked him to-- had done a lot of research
◉ What is the personal history of Chris McCandless?
Answer: Went to emory university- graduated with honors
Raised in upper class virgina
After hearing of dads death- donated money, changed name,
abandoned car,
◉ What is the purpose of the quoted material at the start of Chapter
One?
Answer: Note from chris- foreshadowing his death- shows chris
excitment about journey
◉ Who is Alex?
Answer: An alias Chris created to use when hitchhiking- chris's new
identity
,◉ Who is Jim Gallien, and how did he meet McCandless?
Answer: How did he meet: Spotted Chris as a hitchhiker (Chris
introduced himself as Alex)
Jim: union electrician
Good hunter and woodsman
The guy who drops Chris at the start of his journey
◉ What was Gallien's assessment of McCandless?
Answer: Sees that Chris does not have enough supplies that will last
him several months
◉ What kind of advice did Gallien give McCandless?
Answer: He said the hunting was not easy where is was going - going
days without hunting (trying to scare Chris out of it)
Gallien told Chris to get hunting license
◉ What was McCandless's response to Gallien's offer?
Answer: Wasn't afraid running out of food
Didn't care about government or wanting to get shooting license
◉ What did McCandless give Gallien, and what was McCandless's
behavior toward the older man?
,Answer: All his extra money
Watch
Comb
Liked the older man the more he got to know him but also
standoffish and didn't want to hear advice
◉ What did Gallien give McCandlesst
Answer: Rubber boots
Phone number
Plus the food Gallien's wife made for him
◉ Why did Gallien decide not alert the authorities about
McCandless?
Answer: Figured he be okay and figured he would get hungry and
walk out "like any other normal person would do"
◉ Gallien's statement that McCandless would "probably get hungry
pretty quick and just walk out to the highway. That's what any
normal person would do," is an example of the literary device of
irony. What is ironic about the statement?
Answer: Bc Chris McCandless is not normal, and that is what he was
thought to have been
, ◉ Why would Krakauer include a quote from another author (jack
London) as the heading for this chapter? (chapter 2)
Answer: It shows that nature is ruler and sets the mood for the
chapter, as well as the topic. Also to be considered is the fact that
Jack London was one of the writers that inspired Chris to go on his
journey.
Graffiti that was carved in a piece of wood at the sight of where
McCandless died
Foreshadowing how brutal the woods really are
◉ What is the purpose of the detailed descriptions of Mt. McKinley,
Denali, and the Stampede Trail?
Answer: *Chris' death and were the last things around him when he
died. Giving a detailed account of these places helps us to better put
ourselves in Chris's place.
Purpose: to show that the trials are connected w each other
Stampede Trail then became road then the Company Yutan
Construction was working on the roads and then left one bus for
backcountry shelter
Denali expanded and contains now first half of Stampede trail
◉ How does Krakauer know that in 1992, "six people in three
separate parties happened to visit the remote vehicle on the same
afternoon"?
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ What are Krakauer's credentials for writing Into the Wild?
Answer: Had already written an article on him for outside magazine-
editor asked him to-- had done a lot of research
◉ What is the personal history of Chris McCandless?
Answer: Went to emory university- graduated with honors
Raised in upper class virgina
After hearing of dads death- donated money, changed name,
abandoned car,
◉ What is the purpose of the quoted material at the start of Chapter
One?
Answer: Note from chris- foreshadowing his death- shows chris
excitment about journey
◉ Who is Alex?
Answer: An alias Chris created to use when hitchhiking- chris's new
identity
,◉ Who is Jim Gallien, and how did he meet McCandless?
Answer: How did he meet: Spotted Chris as a hitchhiker (Chris
introduced himself as Alex)
Jim: union electrician
Good hunter and woodsman
The guy who drops Chris at the start of his journey
◉ What was Gallien's assessment of McCandless?
Answer: Sees that Chris does not have enough supplies that will last
him several months
◉ What kind of advice did Gallien give McCandless?
Answer: He said the hunting was not easy where is was going - going
days without hunting (trying to scare Chris out of it)
Gallien told Chris to get hunting license
◉ What was McCandless's response to Gallien's offer?
Answer: Wasn't afraid running out of food
Didn't care about government or wanting to get shooting license
◉ What did McCandless give Gallien, and what was McCandless's
behavior toward the older man?
,Answer: All his extra money
Watch
Comb
Liked the older man the more he got to know him but also
standoffish and didn't want to hear advice
◉ What did Gallien give McCandlesst
Answer: Rubber boots
Phone number
Plus the food Gallien's wife made for him
◉ Why did Gallien decide not alert the authorities about
McCandless?
Answer: Figured he be okay and figured he would get hungry and
walk out "like any other normal person would do"
◉ Gallien's statement that McCandless would "probably get hungry
pretty quick and just walk out to the highway. That's what any
normal person would do," is an example of the literary device of
irony. What is ironic about the statement?
Answer: Bc Chris McCandless is not normal, and that is what he was
thought to have been
, ◉ Why would Krakauer include a quote from another author (jack
London) as the heading for this chapter? (chapter 2)
Answer: It shows that nature is ruler and sets the mood for the
chapter, as well as the topic. Also to be considered is the fact that
Jack London was one of the writers that inspired Chris to go on his
journey.
Graffiti that was carved in a piece of wood at the sight of where
McCandless died
Foreshadowing how brutal the woods really are
◉ What is the purpose of the detailed descriptions of Mt. McKinley,
Denali, and the Stampede Trail?
Answer: *Chris' death and were the last things around him when he
died. Giving a detailed account of these places helps us to better put
ourselves in Chris's place.
Purpose: to show that the trials are connected w each other
Stampede Trail then became road then the Company Yutan
Construction was working on the roads and then left one bus for
backcountry shelter
Denali expanded and contains now first half of Stampede trail
◉ How does Krakauer know that in 1992, "six people in three
separate parties happened to visit the remote vehicle on the same
afternoon"?
