1. “Death of an Innocent”article
Reading guide questions/study for quiz

2. List their connection/relationship to Chris.
1. List five people who Jon Krakauer interviews about Chris?
List their connection/relationship to Chris.

3. 2. Where was Chris’s body found?

4. 3. What did Chris do with his college money?

5. 4. How does Jon Krakauer document/write about/create the narrative of Chris’s life?
(What does he use for information?)

6. 5. How is Jon Krakauer (the author) similar to Chris?

7. 6. How often does Chris contact his family?
Why?

8. 7. What did the Alaskans think of Chris’s adventure?

9. 8. Who does Jon Krakauer think that Chris is most like?
Why?

10. 9. What’s up with the “caribou” that Chris shot? What happened?

11. 10. How did Chris die?

12. What are the “two mistakes” that Chris makes that lead to his disastrous and tragic death? 1. 2.

13. Read the following passage:
“One of his last acts was to take a photograph of himself, standing near the bus under the high Alaskan sky, one hand holding his final note toward the camera lens, the other raised in a brave, beatific farewell. He is smiling in the photo, and there is no mistaking the look in his eyes: Chris McCandless was at peace, serene as monk gone to God.”
Why did the author end the article with this passage? What is the closing tone of the article? What is he saying about Chris?