3 days
2. What is the name of the author’s father?
Lewis Krakauer
3. Of what disease did the author’s father suffered? post-polio syndrome
4. How did the author feel during the nights when he was climbing the mountain?
He felt really alone
5. How many days did the climbing of the Devil’s thumb last?
20 days total
6. What was Chris mostly eating on the way from Carthage to Alaska? sunflower seeds (a lot)
7. How old is Gaylord Stuckey?
63 years old
8. How much did McCandless pay for the gun he bought? around 125$
9. What animal did Chris tried to kill but didn’t succeed? ducks 10. What book did Chris start reading after the moose episode? …show more content…
What was Chris afraid of that most people didn’t know about? water 12. What are the names of the three guys who followed the author in his journey to Chris’ death bed?
Roman Dial, Dan Solie and Andrew Liske
13. What did Andy Horowitz (Chris’ friend) say about Chris’ way of thinking?
He said that Chris was born in the wrong century
14. What are the names of the two guys who discovered Chris’ body?
Gordon Samel and Ken Thompson
15. Complete the following sentence: Some critics have even drawn parallels between McCandless and the Arctic’s most infamous tragic figure, __________________, a nineteenth-century British naval officer whose smugness and hauteur contributed to some 140 deaths, including his own.
Answer: Sir John Franklin
16. In his journal, what was Chris talking about the most? food 17. What famous quote did Chris note in the margin of one of his book?
HAPPINESS IS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED
18. What POT. means in the following sentence? ‘’EXTREMELY WEAK. FAULT OF POT. SEED’’
Answer: Potato
19. On which date did Chris celebrate his 100 days in the North?
On August 5th.
20. How many squirrels did Chris kill on August