Into the Wild Test PASSED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who is Alex? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔An alias Chris created to use when hitchhiking-
chris's new identity
Who is Jim Gallien, and how did he meet McCandless? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Sees that Chris
does not have enough supplies that will last him several months
What kind of advice did Gallien give McCandless? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Starvation/Potato Seeds
Why did McCandless leave Carthage? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Middle class
(well off) in Virginia
How did McCandless's parents find out that he had left Atlanta? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He changed his name as an official way of showing
himself and others that he was no longer Chris McCandless, just a small entity in a
commercialized world, but now Alex Supertramp, master of his own destiny, free to do what
his will demand.
What was the motivation for abandoning the Datsun, and why was the find of the car
important? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Datsun engine got ruined from flood and wouldn't
work
Important bc it helped w police work
For what purpose did the rangers decide to use the Datsun? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Datsun was used to make arrests for drug dealers
How did McCandless's parents learn where he was, and what did they do with the
information? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He had been ticketed for hitchhiking and gave the
cops that his was where was his parents lived for place of residence
THEN got a private investigator Peter
What did McCandless's parents learn form the investigator? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Chris had given away college funds and learned abandoned car and confused them
What did McCandless buy when he was in Topock, Arizona, and where did he get the
money? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Old metal Canoe
Westerberg $
How did McCandless get to the ocean? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Duck hunters drop in at
gulf of california -- traveling south
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who is Alex? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔An alias Chris created to use when hitchhiking-
chris's new identity
Who is Jim Gallien, and how did he meet McCandless? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Sees that Chris
does not have enough supplies that will last him several months
What kind of advice did Gallien give McCandless? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Starvation/Potato Seeds
Why did McCandless leave Carthage? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Middle class
(well off) in Virginia
How did McCandless's parents find out that he had left Atlanta? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He changed his name as an official way of showing
himself and others that he was no longer Chris McCandless, just a small entity in a
commercialized world, but now Alex Supertramp, master of his own destiny, free to do what
his will demand.
What was the motivation for abandoning the Datsun, and why was the find of the car
important? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Datsun engine got ruined from flood and wouldn't
work
Important bc it helped w police work
For what purpose did the rangers decide to use the Datsun? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Datsun was used to make arrests for drug dealers
How did McCandless's parents learn where he was, and what did they do with the
information? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He had been ticketed for hitchhiking and gave the
cops that his was where was his parents lived for place of residence
THEN got a private investigator Peter
What did McCandless's parents learn form the investigator? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Chris had given away college funds and learned abandoned car and confused them
What did McCandless buy when he was in Topock, Arizona, and where did he get the
money? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Old metal Canoe
Westerberg $
How did McCandless get to the ocean? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Duck hunters drop in at
gulf of california -- traveling south
