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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the town where Caballo went to find Internet access in Chapter 17?
(a) Creel.
(b) Juarez.
(c) Mexicali.
(d) Tijuana.

2. Who called to say that he could show how an antelope could be run to death, which he had learned in the bush, in Chapter 28?
(a) Louis Liebenberg.
(b) Scott Jurek.
(c) Arnulfo Quimare.
(d) Matt Carpenter.

3. What kind of names did Caballo use when introducing the Americans to the Tarahumara runners in Chapter 29?
(a) Animal names.
(b) River names.
(c) Constellation names.
(d) Tree names.

4. Ann Trason's ultra career began when she entered the 1985 American River 50 Miler at what age?
(a) 24.
(b) 19.
(c) 18.
(d) 22.

5. After the author first met Caballo, he tried to run without what, to no avail?
(a) A sweatband.
(b) Pain.
(c) Eating.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Martimano send Shaggy and Juan up ahead of him to do in Chapter 16?

2. Who came in first in the race in Chapter 16?

3. What did the author realize was the reason Caballo Blanco had been angry in Chapter 7?

4. With shoeless human running, what is the part of the foot which strikes the ground with the most force?

5. How had the author felt after his article was published in Chapter 18?

(see the answer key)

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