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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, Caballo Blanco described how Rick Fisher became friends with a Taramuhara man and asked if he could take him to what ancient Tarahumara ball race?
(a) The aparaji.
(b) The pirajara.
(c) The jiprapi.
(d) The rarajipari.

2. Where is the Leadville Trail 100 held annually?
(a) Boulder, Colorado.
(b) Cody, Wyoming.
(c) Leadville, Colorado.
(d) Laramie, Wyoming.

3. Jenn Shelton and her boyfriend met where, as described in Chapter 22?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Maine.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Virginia.

4. In Chapter 24, Caballo hadn't slept all night because of what?
(a) He was having nightmares.
(b) He was at a party.
(c) He hated being in town.
(d) Something that he ate.

5. What disease did Scott Jurek's mother suffer from?
(a) Jaundice.
(b) Multiple sclerosis.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Epilepsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jenn Shelton dropped out of college to focus on what?

2. On a challenge from what training partner did Scott Jurek run the Minnesota Voyager 50 Mile in 1994?

3. What is the town where Caballo went to find Internet access in Chapter 17?

4. Ann Trason is just over how tall?

5. When was the author reading a magazine while on assignment in Mexico in Chapter 2?

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