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1. Who picks up the hitchhiker? Jim Gallien picks up the hitchhiker. 2. What object draws the attention of the driver? The rifle sticking out of his backpack. 3. Where does the hitchhiker say he is from? What does the hitchhiker look like? The hitchhiker said he was from South Dakota. He was 5 foot 7 or 8 with a wiry build. 4. Where does Alex want to go? Alex wants a ride as far as the edge of the Denali National Park. 5. What does Gallien notice about Alex's backpack? Alex's backpack looked as if it weighed only 25 or 30 pounds, it was very light for the time he would be spending in the woods. 6. What does Gallien state about outsiders' views of Alaska? Gallien thinks outsiders don't know how dangerous Alaska really is or what they are getting themselves into. 7. What was the only food Alex admitted to carry in his backpack? A 10-pound bag of rice was the only food Alex admitted to carry in his backpack. 8. What was the only navigational aid Alex possessed? The only navigational aid Alex possessed was a tattered state road map he picked up from a gas station. 9. Where does Alex intend to go? Alex intends to go to the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. 10. What did Gallien try to do? Gallien tried to persuade Alex not to go, scaring him with bear stories and telling him hunting is not good where he is going. 11. What did Gallien offer? Gallien offered to drive Alex to Anchorage, but him some decent gear, and then drive him back to wherever he wanted to go. 12. Who knew of Alex's plans to head west? No one knows of Alex's plans to head west. 13. When was the last time Alex spoke to his family? Alex last spoke to his family 2 years ago. 14. What did Alex insist on giving Gallien? Alex insists on giving Gallien his watch, his comb, and what he said was all his money: eighty-five cents in loose change. 15. What was Alex going to do if Gallien did not take his offer? Alex was going to throw the items away if Gallien did not take them. 16. What did Alex ask Gallien to take a photo of? Alex asked Gallien to snap a picture of him shouldering his rifle at the trailhead. 17. What is the date at the time? The date was Tuesday, April 28, 1992. 18. What did Gallien consider doing after he left Alex? Gallien considered going to the Alaska State Trooper post in Healy. 1. What route did McCandless follow into the wilderness? The Stampede Trail is the route McCandless followed into the wilderness. 2. Where was the third bus left? 25 miles due west of Healy, just past the boundary of the Denali National Park. 3. What state is the road in three decades later? In the 3 decades since construction ended, much of the roadbed has been obliterated by washouts, brush, and beaver ponds. 4. What isn't unusual concerning the bus? It is not unusual for six or seven months to pass without the bus seeing a visitor. 5. How many people visited the bus in September 1992? 6 people visited the bus in September 1992. 6. What are the names of the individuals that set out for the bus? The names of the individuals that set out for the bus are Ken Thompson, Gordon Samel, and Ferdie Swanson. 7. What is the name of the river that the Stampede Trail crosses? The name of the river that the Stampede Trail crosses is the Teklanika River. 8. When they finally arrived at the bus, who does Thompson claim they see? When they finally arrived at the bus, Thompson claimed they saw a guy and a girl standing 50 feet away from the bus, looking kinda spooked. 9. What did these people notice? These people noticed a really bad smell coming from inside the bus. 10. What is taped to the door? A note written on a torn out page from a novel was taped to the door. 11. Who decided to take a look inside the bus? Samel decided to take a look inside the bus. 12. What did this person see inside? A peek through a window revealed a Remington rifle, a plastic box of shells, eight or nine paperback books, some torn jeans, cooking utensils, and an expensive backpack. In the very rear of the vehicle, on a jerrybuilt bunk, was a blue sleeping bag that appeared to have something or someone inside it. 13. How long had Chris McCandless been dead at this point? Chris McCandless had been dead for two and a half weeks. 14. What did the person who looked inside the bus decide? Samel decided the body should be evacuated right away. 15. Who did Killian state should remove the body? Killian stated it was a task more properly left to the Alaska State Troopers. 16. What did troopers take away with McCandless's remains? When they flew away, they took McCandless's remains, a camera with five rolls of exposed film, the SOS note, and a diary. 17. Why was it impossible to determine when McCandless died? The remains were so badly decomposed that it was impossible to determine exactly when McCandless had died. 18. What did not remain on the body? Virtually no subcutaneous fat remained on the body, and the muscles had withered significantly in the days or weeks prior to death. 19. How much did McCandless weigh at the time of the autopsy? McCandless weighed 67 pounds at the time of the autopsy. 20. Why did the authorities not know who he was? The authorities did not know who he was because he had no identification whatsoever on him. 1. When the chapter opens, who is the man remembering McCandless? Wayne Westerberg. 2. How long has it been since McCandless's body turned up in Alaska? It's been nearly two months now since the body of Chris McCandless turned up in Alaska. 3. What does Westerberg recall Alex telling? Westerberg recalls Alex and how he used to sit at the end of the bar and tell amazing stories of his travels. 4. What is Westerberg's profession? Westerberg owns a grain elevator in Carthage. 5. When did Westerberg pick up Alex? Westerberg picked up Alex on the afternoon of September 10, driving out of Cut Bank. 6. What made Westerberg want to take the kid under his wing? Alex conveyed a vulnerability that made Westerberg want to take the kid under his wing. 7. Why hadn't Alex eaten? Alex had run out of money and that is why he hadn't eaten. 8. Where does McCandless tell Westerberg he is headed at this point? McCandless had told Westerberg that his destination was Saco Hot Springs, 240 miles to the east on U.S. Highway 2. 9. How long did McCandless stay with Westerberg? McCandless stayed with Westerberg for three days, riding out with his crew each morning. 10. Where did Westerberg give McCandless employment? Westerberg gave McCandless employment at the grain elevator and rented him a cheap room in one of the two houses he owned. 11. What did Westerberg discover about Alex at one point? At one point Westerberg discovered from a tax form that McCandless's real name was Chris, not Alex. 12. What did Westerberg never ask about? Westerberg never asked Alex why he changed his name. 13. What did McCandless like about Carthage? He liked the community's stasis, its plebeian virtues, and unassuming mien. 14. Why did McCandless leave town on Oct. 23rd? There was no work at the grain elevator for McCandless because Westerberg was in jail, so he left town and resumed a nomadic existence. 15. What did McCandless give Westerberg before he left town? Alex gave Westerberg a treasured 1942 edition of Tolstoy's War and Peace. 16. Where did McCandless have all his mail forwarded to? McCandless had all his mail forwarded to Westerberg's address and told almost everyone he met thereafter that South Dakota was his home. 17. What was his father Walt's profession? His father, Walt, is an eminent aerospace engineer. 18. Who are McCandless's siblings? There were eight children in the extended family: a younger sister, Carine, with whom Chris was extremely close, and six half-brothers and sisters from Walt's first marriage. 19. What publication was McCandless an editor of at Emory? He'd been a columnist for, and editor of, the student newspaper, The Emory Wheel. 20. What was his major and GPA? Alex had distinguished himself as a history and anthropology major with a 3.72 grade-point average. 21. Why did he not accept membership in Phi Beta Kappa? Alex declined to insist that titles and honors are irrelevant. 22. To what organization did McCandless donate the remaining money from his college fund? Alex donated all the money in his college fund to OXFAM America, a charity dedicated to fighting hunger. 23. Why was Billie McCandless surprised by Chris's Mother's Day gift? It was the first present she had received from her son in more than two years, since he had announced to his parents that, on principle, he would no longer give or accept gifts. 24. What did Billie and Walt offer to buy Chris? Walt and Billie expressed their desire to buy him a new car as a graduation present and offered to pay for law school if there wasn't enough money left in his college fund to cover it. 25. What are the exact words Chris tells his parents about where he will spend his upcoming summer? His exact words were, "I think I'm going to disappear for a while." 26. At the end of June, what did Chris mail his parents? Chris, still in Atlanta, mailed his parents a copy of his final grade report. 27. Why is this communication significant? It was the last anyone in Chris's family would ever hear from him. 28. Why did Billie and Walt have no way to reach Chris at his Atlanta apartment? The manager said that Chris had moved out at the end of June. 29. How long had Chris been gone by the time parents arrived in Atlanta? Chris had been gone five weeks. 30. What was Chris "emancipated from" upon his college graduation? Chris was emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security and material excess, a world in which he felt grievously cut off from the raw throb of existence. 1. What did the Rangers find beneath the yellow tarp? The Rangers found Alex's old yellow Datsun underneath the tarp. 2. List three things they found inside the object? The Rangers found a football, a set of jumper cables, and in the glove compartment, the keys to the vehicle's ignition. 3. Five days later, what did another ranger do? Five days later another ranger returned to the abandoned vehicle, managed to jump-start it without difficulty and drove it out to the National Park Service maintenance yard at Temple Bar. 4. Why was there nowhere to move the vehicle? There was nowhere to move the car, however, as the only route of egress was now a foaming, full-blown river. 5. What happened to the vehicle's battery? McCandless tried to start the car soon thereafter, the engine wouldn't catch, and in his impatience he drained the battery. 6. How did McCandless document his events? McCandless documented most events in a journal-snapshot album he would later leave with Wayne Westerberg for safekeeping before departing for Alaska. 7. What did he set out to do on July 10th? McCandless set out on July 10 to hike around Lake Mead. 8. Where did McCandless travel for the next two months? McCandless tramped around the West for the next two months. 9. Who did Chris accept a ride from next? At the end of July, he accepted a ride from a man who called himself Crazy Ernie and offered McCandless a job on a ranch in northern California. 10. Where did Chris work for the next eleven days? McCandless worked on a ranch in northern California. 11. What book does Jan Burres notice Chris referencing? A book about plants he had been using to identify edible plants. 12. What does Chris use the book to do? Chris used said he used the book to survive on edible plants he identified. 13. What did Alex send Jan Burres and her boyfriend Bob for the next two years? For the next two years, Alex sent Jan Burres and her boyfriend Bob a postcard every month or two. 14. Where did McCandless lose his way on the canoe? Below the Morelos Dam the river turns into a maze of irrigation canals, marshland, and dead-end channels, among which McCandless repeatedly lost his way. 15. What did McCandless eventually do with the canoe? On January 16, McCandless left the stubby metal boat on a hummock of dune grass southeast of El Golfo de Santa Clara and started walking north up the deserted beach. 16. When had he last spoke to another person? He had not seen or talked to another soul in thirty-six days. 17. What had Chris been surviving off of? For that entire period, he subsisted on nothing but five pounds of rice and what marine life he could pull from the sea. 18. Who caught Chris on his way back to the United States? Caught by immigration authorities trying to slip into the country without ID, he spent a night in custody before concocting a story that sprang him from the slammer. 19. What did Chris do with his money when he entered and left a city? Chris learned to bury what money he had before entering a city, then recover it on the way out of town. 1. Why do we not know a lot about what McCandless did after departing from Las Vegas? When his camera was ruined and McCandless stopped taking photographs, he also stopped keeping a journal. 2. Where is Bullhead City? Additionally, list some characteristics about the town. CONTINUED..