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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best represents the indirect characterization method of speech for Chris McCandless?
Five feet seven or eight with a wiry build...
"How I feed myself is none of the government's business. F--- their stupid rules."
Alex pulled a camera from his backpack and asked Gallien to snap a picture of him shouldering his rifle at the trailhead. Then, smiling broadly, he disappeared down the snow-covered track.
An entry from Chris's journal:
12/5 At last! Alex finds what he believes to be the Welleteco Canal and heads south. Worries and fears return as the canal grows ever smaller. . . . Local inhabitants help him portage around a barrier. . . . Alex finds Mexicans to be warm, friendly people. Much more hospitable than Americans. . . .
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best represents the indirect characterization method of thoughts for Chris McCandless?
Five feet seven or eight with a wiry build...
"How I feed myself is none of the government's business. F--- their stupid rules."
Alex pulled a camera from his backpack and asked Gallien to snap a picture of him shouldering his rifle at the trailhead. Then, smiling broadly, he disappeared down the snow-covered track.
An entry from Chris's journal:
12/5 At last! Alex finds what he believes to be the Welleteco Canal and heads south. Worries and fears return as the canal grows ever smaller. . . . Local inhabitants help him portage around a barrier. . . . Alex finds Mexicans to be warm, friendly people. Much more hospitable than Americans. . . .
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best represents the indirect characterization method of effects on other characters for Chris McCandless?
Five feet seven or eight with a wiry build...
"How I feed myself is none of the government's business. F--- their stupid rules."
Alex pulled a camera from his backpack and asked Gallien to snap a picture of him shouldering his rifle at the trailhead. Then, smiling broadly, he disappeared down the snow-covered track.
Gallien thought the hitchhiker's scheme was foolhardy and tried repeatedly to dissuade him.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best represents the indirect characterization method of actions for Chris McCandless?
Five feet seven or eight with a wiry build...
"How I feed myself is none of the government's business. F--- their stupid rules."
Alex pulled a camera from his backpack and asked Gallien to snap a picture of him shouldering his rifle at the trailhead. Then, smiling broadly, he disappeared down the snow-covered track.
Gallien thought the hitchhiker's scheme was foolhardy and tried repeatedly to dissuade him.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best represents the indirect characterization method of looks for Chris McCandless?
Five feet seven or eight with a wiry build...
"How I feed myself is none of the government's business. F--- their stupid rules."
Alex pulled a camera from his backpack and asked Gallien to snap a picture of him shouldering his rifle at the trailhead. Then, smiling broadly, he disappeared down the snow-covered track.
Gallien thought the hitchhiker's scheme was foolhardy and tried repeatedly to dissuade him.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which description best describes Jim Gallien?
Someone who built a deep connection with Chris and offered to adopt him as a grandchild.
Someone Chris worked for in South Dakota.
The last person who saw Chris McCandless alive. This person picked Chris as a hitchhiker in Alaska.
Described as a drifter. Chris stayed with this person while in Slab City.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which description best describes Gordon Samel?
Someone who built a deep connection with Chris and offered to adopt him as a grandchild.
Someone Chris worked for in South Dakota.
One of the first people to discover Chris's body in the bus while on a hunting trip.
Described as a drifter. Chris stayed with this person while in Slab City.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which description best describes Wayne Westerberg?
Someone who built a deep connection with Chris and offered to adopt him as a grandchild.
Someone Chris worked for in South Dakota.
One of the first people to discover Chris's body in the bus while on a hunting trip.
Described as a drifter. Chris stayed with this person while in Slab City.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which description best describes Jan Burres?
Someone who built a deep connection with Chris and offered to adopt him as a grandchild.
Someone Chris worked for in South Dakota.
One of the first people to discover Chris's body in the bus while on a hunting trip.
Described as a drifter. Chris stayed with this person while in Slab City.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which description best describes Ronald Franz?
Someone who built a deep connection with Chris and offered to adopt him as a grandchild.
Someone Chris worked for in South Dakota.
One of the first people to discover Chris's body in the bus while on a hunting trip.
Described as a drifter. Chris stayed with this person while in Slab City.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which description best describes Carthage, South Dakota?
Where Chris is forced to abandon his car due to a flash flood
Where Chris meets Wayne Westerberg
Where Chris settles for a few months while working at McDonald's
Where Chris stays with Jan and Bob - a place known for drifters and tramps
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which description best describes Detrital Wash, Arizona?
Where Chris is forced to abandon his car due to a flash flood
Where Chris meets Wayne Westerberg
Where Chris settles for a few months while working at McDonald's
Where Chris stays with Jan and Bob - a place known for drifters and tramps
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which description best describes Bullhead City, Arizona?
Where Chris is forced to abandon his car due to a flash flood
Where Chris meets Wayne Westerberg
Where Chris settles for a few months while working at McDonald's
Where Chris stays with Jan and Bob - a place known for drifters and tramps
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which description best describes Slab City, California?
Where Chris is forced to abandon his car due to a flash flood
Where Chris meets Wayne Westerberg
Where Chris settles for a few months while working at McDonald's
Where Chris stays with Jan and Bob - a place known for drifters and tramps
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which description best describes Salton City, California?
Where Robert Franz is from - the place Chris encourages him to leave
Where Chris meets Wayne Westerberg
Where Chris settles for a few months while working at McDonald's
Where Chris stays with Jan and Bob - a place known for drifters and tramps
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which definition best matches this literary term epigraph?
Tells the audience what the personality of the character is.
Example: "The patient boy and quiet girl were both well-mannered and did not disobey their mother."
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
a short quotation at the beginning of a book or chapter that provides context - a summary, demonstration of an example or comparison, or suggestion of a theme
Shows things that reveal the personality of the character. There are five different methods of this type of characterization (STEAL).
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which definition best matches this literary term allusion?
Tells the audience what the personality of the character is.
Example: "The patient boy and quiet girl were both well-mannered and did not disobey their mother."
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
a short quotation at the beginning of a book or chapter that provides context - a summary, demonstration of an example or comparison, or suggestion of a theme
Shows things that reveal the personality of the character. There are five different methods of this type of characterization (STEAL).
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which definition best matches this literary term indirect characterization?
Tells the audience what the personality of the character is.
Example: "The patient boy and quiet girl were both well-mannered and did not disobey their mother."
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
a short quotation at the beginning of a book or chapter that provides context - a summary, demonstration of an example or comparison, or suggestion of a theme
Shows things that reveal the personality of the character. There are five different methods of this type of characterization (STEAL).
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which definition best matches this literary term direct characterization?
Tells the audience what the personality of the character is.
Example: "The patient boy and quiet girl were both well-mannered and did not disobey their mother."
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
a short quotation at the beginning of a book or chapter that provides context - a summary, demonstration of an example or comparison, or suggestion of a theme
Shows things that reveal the personality of the character. There are five different methods of this type of characterization (STEAL).
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which definition best represents the persuasive appeal of ethos?
Appeal to credibility and ethics
Appeal to emotion
Appeal to logic and reason
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which definition best represents the persuasive appeal of logos?
Appeal to credibility and ethics
Appeal to emotion
Appeal to logic and reason
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which definition best represents the persuasive appeal of pathos?
Appeal to credibility and ethics
Appeal to emotion
Appeal to logic and reason
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