INTO THE WILD TEST UPDATED 3
CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT 2026 VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 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 did Gallien give McCandless?
Answer: Rubber boots
, Phone number
Plus the food Gallien's wife made for him
◉ What was considered to be the cause of Chris McCandless's death?
Answer: Starvation/Potato Seeds
◉ Why did McCandless leave Carthage?
Answer: Because Westerberg was charged with a felony and his
business was temporarily stopped, and since Chris needed money to
live, he left.
Illegally sold black box and they scramble satellite television boxes
(allow ppl watch satellite without paying)
◉ What was McCandless's financial background?
Answer: Middle class (well off) in Virginia
◉ How did McCandless's parents find out that he had left Atlanta?
Answer: The room was empty and had a rent sign and manager said
he had moved out in June (all the letters he had sent been returned)
◉ What change did McCandless make that symbolized the new life
expected to build after he left Atlanta?
CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT 2026 VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 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 did Gallien give McCandless?
Answer: Rubber boots
, Phone number
Plus the food Gallien's wife made for him
◉ What was considered to be the cause of Chris McCandless's death?
Answer: Starvation/Potato Seeds
◉ Why did McCandless leave Carthage?
Answer: Because Westerberg was charged with a felony and his
business was temporarily stopped, and since Chris needed money to
live, he left.
Illegally sold black box and they scramble satellite television boxes
(allow ppl watch satellite without paying)
◉ What was McCandless's financial background?
Answer: Middle class (well off) in Virginia
◉ How did McCandless's parents find out that he had left Atlanta?
Answer: The room was empty and had a rent sign and manager said
he had moved out in June (all the letters he had sent been returned)
◉ What change did McCandless make that symbolized the new life
expected to build after he left Atlanta?
