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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author and his hired assistant find themselves surrounded by at one crucial part during their journey in Chapter 3?
(a) Marijuana fields.
(b) A cocaine processing camp.
(c) Angry natives.
(d) An army batallion.

2. How old was Ann Trason when she ran the Leadville Trail 100?
(a) 27.
(b) 36.
(c) 25.
(d) 33.

3. At what mark in the race did Ann Trason's mule join her in Chapter 14?
(a) 77-mile mark.
(b) 105-mile mark.
(c) 50-mile mark.
(d) 25-mile mark.

4. What was a group of hearty partying llama owners called who set up camp to help injured runners in Chapter 14?
(a) The Lupine Loonies.
(b) The Hopeless Crew.
(c) The Marmot Family.
(d) The Alpine Gang.

5. Where was Emil Zatopek from?
(a) Romania.
(b) Poland.
(c) Yugoslavia.
(d) Czechoslovakia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Scott Jurek earn a Master's Degree in?

2. What describes itself as "the world's toughest foot race," beginning in California's Death Valley?

3. Jenn Shelton and her boyfriend met where, as described in Chapter 22?

4. When was Ann Trason born?

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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