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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Matt Carpenter.
(d) Arnulfo Quimare.

2. Emil Zatopek was best known for winning three gold medals at which Summer Olympics?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1952.

3. What is the name of the corn beer made by the Tarahumara Indians?
(a) Sugíki.
(b) Tesgüino.
(c) Horchata.
(d) Champurrado.

4. Ann Trason is just over how tall?
(a) 5'.
(b) 5'6".
(c) 6'8".
(d) 6'.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 30, the author had noted on their journey that both Arnulfo and who shared the same gait and also the same joy and passion?

2. Where is the Leadville Trail 100 held annually?

3. Who, along with the author, helped in rescuing two of the runners in Chapter 26?

4. Who examined animals and humans from the past and present to see how they compared and contrasted, as described in Chapter 28?

5. The only person the author found who knew anything of Caballo Blanco was an editor of what magazine in Chapter 18?

(see the answer key)

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