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Travelin' Man
Who Was Chris McCandless/Alex Supertramp?
Friends Along the Way
Writers Who Inspired
Was He Thinking?
100
The name of the city/state where Chris McCandless began his journey.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
100
Chris states, "How I feed myself is none of the government's business." This quote reveals this important character trait about Chris.
What is being anti-establishmentarianistic?
100
He spotted a hitchhiker on his way to Fairbanks, Alaska.
Who is Jim Gallien?
100
"The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the spirit of it was not even that of sadness," was written in this book by this author.
What is White Fang by Jack London?
100
He gave the entire balance of a twenty-four-thousand-dollar savings account to this charity.
What is OXFAM America?
200
The location where Chris was hit by a flashflood.
What is Detrital Wash, Arizona?
200
Chris's final note, "S.O.S. I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak to hike out of here. I am all alone, this is no joke," reveals Chris's state of mind regarding his life.
What is desperate to live?
200
"Greetings from Fairbanks" was the greeting on this postcard to Chris's good friend from Carthage, South Dakota.
Who is Wayne Westerberg?
200
This author wrote, "I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and anger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love."
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
200
Chris carried this small firearm on his journey.
What is a .22 caliber rifle?
300
The location where Chris lost his life.
What is the Stampede Trail, Alaska?
300
According to Westerberg, Chris sometimes "tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often." This revealed another facet of Chris's personality.
What is being a deep thinker - sensitive.
300
They picked Chris up in their van while traveling in the town of Orick, California. They were known as rubber tramps; Chris was a leather tramp.
Who were Jan Burres and boyfriend Bob?
300
"To the desert go prophets and hermits; through deserts go pilgrims and exiles" was written by this author.
Who is Paul Shephard?
300
After a flood, he showed impatience and did this to his car.
What is draining the battery?
400
The location where Chris worked in a grain elevator.
What is Carthage, South Dakota?
400
Chris once exclaimed. "I can't believe they'd try and buy me a car." This quote further reveals Chris's character.
What is being non-materialistic; what is being resentful of parents?
400
She fell in love with Chris while he spent a week at the Niland Slabs.
Who is Tracy?
400
"If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal, - that is your success," is a quote from the author by this name.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
400
He gave this address when he was arrested for hitchhiking near Willow Creek.
What is Annandale?
500
The location where Chris started his canoe journey and the location where Chris ended the journey.
Where is the Colorado River (Topock, Arizona) and Mexico (El Golfo de Santa Clara)?
500
"The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up," explains Chris's point of view regarding his trip.
What is the desire for freedom and nature?
500
A German couple who camped with Chris at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Who are Thomas and Karin?
500
"It should not be denied ... that being footloose has always exhilirated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and the road has always led west" is a quote from this book.
What is The American West As Living Space?
500
The only food that Alex had for his journey in Alaska was this.
What is a 10 lb. bag of rice?