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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mountain range does the Sierra Nevada connect with at Lassen National Park?
(a) The Douglas Range.
(b) The Cascade Range.
(c) The Garfield Range.
(d) The Crease Range.

2. What state was Cheryl in as she stood atop the mountain in the Prologue?
(a) Oregon.
(b) California.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) Washington.

3. What had Cheryl done with the book Staying Found after reading it?
(a) She gave it to Greg.
(b) She gave it to Tom.
(c) She mailed it home.
(d) She burned it.

4. What town did Frank tell Cheryl to hitch a ride to when he dropped her off at the convenience store in Chapter 6: “A Bull in Both Directions”?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) Oakhurst.
(c) Lodgepole.
(d) Ridgecrest.

5. The father and son that gave Cheryl a ride from Mojave to the PCT were from a suburb of what city?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Minneapolis.
(c) Denver.
(d) Los Angeles.

6. What is the name of the outdoor store in Minneapolis where Cheryl had purchased much of her hiking supplies in the months before her trip?
(a) Bass Pro Shop.
(b) Sierra Trading Post.
(c) REI.
(d) Cabela's.

7. What was author Cheryl Strayed's birth name?
(a) Cheryl Ross.
(b) Cheryl Smith.
(c) Cheryl Thompson.
(d) Cheryl Nyland.

8. When was Cheryl Strayed born?
(a) March 12, 1969.
(b) August 14, 1967.
(c) September 17, 1968.
(d) July 7, 1973.

9. Who is the author of the following poetic excerpt that opens Part Three? "If your Nerve, deny you - / Go above your Nerve - "
(a) Percy Shelley.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

10. What animal did Cheryl have a moving encounter with in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?
(a) A fox.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A bear.

11. How long before Cheryl set out to hike the PCT was her divorce settled?
(a) One month before.
(b) Six weeks before.
(c) Two years before.
(d) One year before.

12. What is the elevation of Forester Pass on the PCT?
(a) 13,160 feet.
(b) 14,265 feet.
(c) 15,656 feet.
(d) 9,345 feet.

13. How did Cheryl overcome the situation when the bull charged her in Chapter 5: “Tracks”?
(a) She sprayed it with bear spray.
(b) She blew a whistle.
(c) She climbed a tree.
(d) She shot it.

14. What is the elevation of Kennedy Meadows?
(a) 9,322 feet.
(b) 3,455 feet.
(c) 5,900 feet.
(d) 6,200 feet.

15. How old was Ed when Cheryl met him in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?
(a) 42.
(b) 45.
(c) 36.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Cheryl give to her hiking backpack?

2. What is the elevation of Sierra City?

3. What is the name of Cheryl's brother?

4. What school was Cheryl's ex-husband accepted to for graduate studies in New York?

5. Who is attributed to the following quote that opens Part Three? "We are now in the mountains and they are in us..."

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