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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, Rick Fisher promised that team Taramuhara would be back the following year and the event became major garnering the attention of what sports corporation?
(a) ESPN.
(b) CBS.
(c) Sports Illustrated.
(d) NBC.

2. What is a mountain range in western Mexico where the Copper Canyons are located?
(a) The Cordillera Neovolcánica.
(b) The Peninsular Ranges.
(c) The Sierra Madre de Chiapas.
(d) The Sierra Madre Occidental.

3. Where did Ann Trason work when she decided to run the Leadville Trail 100?
(a) A doctor's office.
(b) A sewage treatment plant.
(c) A community college.
(d) A national park.

4. Nike takes it's name from a Greek goddess of what?
(a) Running.
(b) Pride.
(c) Victory.
(d) Muscles.

5. What 25 year-old Tarahumara runner won in a record time of 17:40 that stood for 11 years at the Leadville Trail 100?
(a) Caballo Blanco.
(b) Salvador Holguin.
(c) Juan Herrera.
(d) Victoriano Churro.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ann Trason's ultra career began when she entered the 1985 American River 50 Miler at what age?

2. When was Ann Trason born?

3. Why were the Tarahumara runners unprepared for their first race at the Leadville Trail 100?

4. What was Caballo Blanco known as to the Tarahumara people?

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

(see the answer key)

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