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What is the true name of the young man who goes into the Alaskan wilderness and is the main focus of Into the Wild?
AChristopher Johnson McCandless✓
BAlexander Fitzgerald Burns
CJonathan David McCandless
DChristopher Eugene Krakauer
Rationale
The protagonist of the book uses the name "Alexander Supertramp" during his travels, but his actual name is Christopher Johnson McCandless. Krakauer follows McCandless's journey after his body is found in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness in September 1992.
What is the actual name of the young man who explores the Alaskan wilderness and is the main focus of Into the Wild?
AChristopher Johnson McCandless✓
BTimothy Treadwell
CAlexander Supertramp
DJohn Waterman (Note: "Alexander Supertramp" was the name McCandless used while traveling, but his legal name at birth was Christopher Johnson McCandless.)