Stuff From This Semester
During his second battle, Henry's wild fighting is described using what term?
Hellcat
In what state does Chris McCandless meet Jan and Bob and live in an itinerant slab community?
Arizona
Thoreau's political views, as advocated in Walden, best align with what modern political party?
Republican/Libertarian
Who is Lena's friend and eventual business partner who makes her fortune mining gold in California?
Tiny Soderbell
While Henry dreams of glory on the battlefield, what was his primary reason for joining the army?
He felt that serving bravely was the only way to become a man.
What state is Buck abducted from in the Call of the Wild?
California
What is the name of Antonia's controlling brother?
Ambrosch
What is Henry's greatest moment of shame?
When he abandons the tattered soldier to die.
During Walden, Thoreau writes frequently about ending what social injustice in America?
Slavery
The mother
What is the name of the Irish immigrant swamper that Thoreau pities because he is caught in and endless cycle of work and debt?
John Field
Buck is a mix of two dog breeds. Name any one of them.
St. Bernard and sheepdog.
McCandless makes several mistakes that help kill him once he is in Alaska for a time. Name two.
He fails to preserve moose meat. He eats edible plants, but fails to identify the mold on them. His map is inadequate, and he fails to realize that he could have crossed the river at several points. He fails to realize tha there was an emergency shelter that might have had vital supplies.
Rather than saying "Union" or "Confederate," what terms are used frequently in the book to describe the two armies?
Blue coats and gray coats
One of the most negative views of McCandless in the novel comes from an assistant manager at what food chain where McCandless briefly worked?
McDonald's
What is the name of Antonia's little sister?
Yulka
What town does Thoreau frequently visit because of its proximity to Walden Pond?
Concord, MA
Name the character that moves into Jim's grandparents' old house and who tells Jim about what has happened to Antonia while he is away at college.
Widow Steavens
What skill does Buck learn for surviving the sub-zero temperatures at night?
He buries himself in a layer of snow, trapping his body heat in.
To cover his gambling debts playing a Chinese lottery, what character kidnaps and sells Buck into the life of a sled dog?
Manuel (the gardener)
What is the name of the last person to see Christopher McCandless alive?
Jim Gallien
While they are naturalist works, both The Red Badge of Courage and The Veteran end with Romantic, symbolic imagery. Name either one.
Light breaking through the crowds. Smoke rising into the heavens.
Name either of the French Canadians that buy Buck from the man in the red sweater.
Francois or Perrault
What fact about McCandless's father in the novel destroys his ability to trust his father and is held up by Krakauer as the primary source of betrayal felt by a younger McCandless?
His father had a secret family.
Because he dreamed of a world without government, Thoreau was an advocate of what political system in Walden?
Anarchy