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Christopher McCandless grew up in a(n)
a)
b)
c)
suburb of Washington, D.C., in a perfectly
a)
b)
c)
imperfect family.
Chris was restless
a)
b)
c)
and strong-willed
a)
b)
c)
but nothing ever led his parents to believe he would take off like he did.
When his teacher tried to make him write an article a certain way, he refused and
a)
b)
c)
FOR an F instead.
After high school
a)
b)
c)
ON a solo adventure for the summer, popping up just two days before he was due to start college.
Chris admired Leo Tolstoy who had
a)
b)
c)
a privileged life to wander among the destitute.
There was not much to say goodbye to when he quietly left home and
a)
b)
c)
TIES with his family to begin his adventures as Alexander Supertramp.
Chris donated all the money on his savings account to a charity dedicated to
a)
b)
c)
famine.
Sometimes people he did odd jobs for would try to convince him to stay or
a)
b)
c)
ON giving him supplies, but he seldom accepted.
He seemed to have no need for human relationships and ultimately
a)
b)
c)
FOR the kind of
a)
b)
c)
only the total freedom of the wilderness could provide.
In April 1992, Chris thumbed his way to Alaska and found an abandoned bus to make camp in
near Denali National Park, completely and blissfully cut off from the rest of the world.
In his journal, he described
a)
b)
c)
hunting and foraging, free from the restraints of civilization.
However, life in the subarctic wilderness was far from the romantic imaginings of
Jack London and Chris struggled to
a)
b)
c)
larger game or find
a)
b)
c)
plants.
Perhaps Chris finally realized that he longed for other people and a mate, which could only be
a)
b)
c)
by returning to the world of men. Perhaps he intended to abandon the life of a solitary
a)
b)
c)
and forgive his parents. We will never know. His emaciated,
a)
b)
c)
body was found by a party of moose hunters weeks after his death. He had starved to death.
To some, Chris was a(n)
a)
b)
c)
young man utterly unprepared to face nature's harsh reality. For them, Chris' adventure is a
a)
b)
c)
example of mankind's inability to tame nature. Others view Chris as a modern hero who
dared to live without safety nets.
Be it as it may, not everyone has the
a)
b)
c)
to test themselves in ultimate conditions and resist pressures to be like everyone else.
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