Characters
He picked up Chris hitchhiking and gave him a job in Carthage, South Dakota. They were good friends.
Wayne Westerberg
The name of the National Park in Alaska where Chris spent the final 4 months of his journey and life.
Denali National Park
Chris accomplished "this" on May 12, 1990
Graduated from Emory University
Name any of the three major authors Chris was influenced by.
Tolstoy, London, Thoreau
What Chris did with his bank account after graduating from Emory.
Who is Alexander (Alex) Supertramp?
Chris McCandless
The name of the trail in the National Park that Chris took to arrive at the abandoned bus.
Stampede Trail
What date did Chris live and work in Bullhead City, Arizona?
Which real life person does Krakauer say most resembles Chris? (Ch. 9)
Everett Ruess
A leather belt
He dropped Chris off at the Stampede Trail head and was the last person to see him alive.
Jim Gallien
Annandale, Virginia
The exact date where Chris first wrote of his weakened condition and that he had begun to deteriorate.
July 30, 1992
How does Westerberg hear of Chris' death?
Over the radio
The reason Chris was unable to trek back to civilization after 2 months in the Alaskan bush.
The Teklanika River was swollen with melted mountain run-off and was impassable.
A Vietnam war vet who liked Chris because he reminded him of his dead son. He wanted to adopt Chris as his grandson.
Ronald (Ron) Frantz
Chris' ultimate desired destination when he began his canoe-ing adventure.
Mexico (or the Gulf of California)
He lived and worked in Carthage, SD twice - what were those dates? (Look in Ch. 3 and on your timeline)
Fall of 1990 and April 1992
What does Krakauer use at the end of Ch. 18 to describe Chris' overall condition and mindset?
The last photograph Chris took of himself.
A satellite
She and her boyfriend were nomads who also picked up Chris hitchhiking. She was a mother-figure to Chris and corresponded with him via postcards during his trials.
Jan Burres
The place where Chris picked up a book about edible plants.
University of Alaska in Fairbanks
How many months was Chris ultimately in the Alaskan bush alone?
4 months
This was the place where Jan and Jim Burres would set up their bookstand. Transients and people living on the fringe of society would reside here.
Niland (The 'Slabs')
Why did Chris think he would be able to sustain himself in the Alaskan bush with only a 10lb. bag of rice? (The answer has to do with a previous experience of Chris'.)
He survived his canoe-ing trip subsisting on only rice and marine life he collected.