Family
How did Walt change after Chris's disappearance in 1990?
He became more tolerant
Why did Chris fail physics?
He wouldn't write the lab reports in the correct format.
What did Chris do the summer before entering Emory?
Drove across the country.
Why did Krakauer not include all of the backstory of the McCandless family in his book?
Carine asked him not to.
Indeed, in a goofy video Chris made in college, he can be heard belting out “Summers by the sea/Sailboats in Capri” with impressive ______, crooning like a professional lounge singer.
panache
Who is Loren Johnson?
Chris's grandfather who loved the wilderness.
In what sport did Chris excel?
Cross Country
How did Chris react when Walt asked him to be more careful after the Mojave Desert incident?
Chris was angered by this advice. He thought his parents were idiots to worry about him and seemed even less inclined to share his plans.
How would you describe Chris and Carine's childhood?
Ex: abusive, toxic
He spoke seriously to his friends about smuggling weapons into South Africa and joining the struggle to end ______.
apartheid
Carine was a better French horn player.
Who is Kris Maxie Gillmer?
Chris's closest friend in high school
What did Chris do the summer between his freshman and sophomore years at Emory?
Worked at his parents' business writing computer software
True or False: Carine is the only one of her siblings who still talks to Walt and Billie.
False; They have all cut Walt and Billie out of their lives.
Like many people, Chris apparently judged artists and close friends by their work, not their life, yet he was temperamentally incapable of extending such _____ to his father.
lenity
Who is Buckley?
The family dog
Name two issues Chris was passionate about in high school.
Apartheid, hunger, homelessness, race
What company did Chris work for the summer between his sophomore and junior years?
Dominos
What are the names of Carine's children?
Heather and Christiana
Such bereavement, witnessed at close range, makes even the most eloquent ______ for high-risk activities ring fatuous and hollow.
apologia
What did Chris learn that caused the big fracture in his relationship with his parents?
Walt had a double life after he supposedly left his first wife.
Name 3 of Chris's entrepreneurial ventures.
sold vegetables to neighbors, ran a copy business, door-to-door salesman for local contractor
Give one example of how Chris's family reacted to his death.
Ex: wept over pictures, gained/lost weight, etc.
What is the title of the TED Talk?
"Your DNA Does Not Define You"
—but he had been smitten by the vastness of the land, by the ghostly hue of the glaciers, by the _____ subarctic sky.
pellucid