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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the restaurant that Cheryl describes in Kennedy Meadows in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?
(a) Riceland Burgers.
(b) Montague Inn.
(c) The White Horse.
(d) Grumpy's Restaurant.

2. Cheryl Strayed writes in Chapter 3: “Hunching in a Remotely Upright Position,” "Every now and then I could see myself--truly see myself--and a sentence would come to me, thundering like a god into my head, and as I saw myself then in front of that tarnished mirror what came to me was" what?
(a) The fallen angel.
(b) The woman with the hole in her heart.
(c) The woman who left her husband.
(d) The woman who was left behind.

3. What year was it when Cheryl Strayed hiked the PCT?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1997.
(d) 2001.

4. Where did the couple offer to give Cheryl a ride to in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?
(a) Castle Crags.
(b) Packer Lake Lodge.
(c) Kennedy Meadows.
(d) Horseshoe Meadows.

5. The California coast parallels the PCT more or less about how many miles away, according to the author in Chapter 6: “A Bull in Both Directions”?
(a) 600.
(b) 200.
(c) 50.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times had Cheryl been backpacking previously when she set out to journey the PCT?

2. Where did Cheryl have her camp stove repaired in Chapter 6: “A Bull in Both Directions”?

3. How did Cheryl overcome the situation when the bull charged her in Chapter 5: “Tracks”?

4. Where did Greg and Cheryl take a Greyhound bus to from Lone Pine in Chapter 8: “Corvidology”?

5. What drug did Cheryl develop a problem with while she was seeing Joe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What memories of Cheryl's marriage are shared with the reader in Chapter 2: “Splitting”?

2. What are Cheryl's initial thoughts about facing snow in the High Sierras in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?

3. What invitation is extended to Cheryl from Doug and Tom in Chapter 8: “Corvidology”? How does Cheryl respond?

4. What internal and external conflicts are presented for Cheryl in Chapter 8: “Corvidology”?

5. What are the "last-minute" items that Cheryl remembers to bring as she sets out in Chapter 3: “Hunching in a Remotely Upright Position”?

6. What happens when Cheryl goes to lift her backpack and set out on the hike in Chapter 3: “Hunching in a Remotely Upright Position”?

7. What is revealed of Cheryl's past in the flashback to the Mayo Clinic in Chapter 1: “The Ten Thousand Things”?

8. How does Cheryl describe her past relationship with Joe in Chapter 4: “The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume I: California”?

9. How does Cheryl's encounter with Greg influence her mindset on the trail in Chapter 6: “A Bull in Both Directions”?

10. How does the author introduce herself and her mindset regarding her journey in the memoir's Prologue?

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