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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was known to be the greatest living Taramuhara runner in Chapter 3?
(a) Victoriano Churro.
(b) Salvador Holguin.
(c) Arnulfo Quimare.
(d) Juan Herrera.

2. How much did the author weigh when he went to see a doctor about his foot in Chapter 2?
(a) 185 lbs.
(b) 150 lbs.
(c) 212 lbs.
(d) 230 lbs.

3. Before they left the school teacher's home, the author had a chance to see some of the students and witness what in Chapter 6?
(a) A baseball game.
(b) A game of hide and seek.
(c) A soccer match.
(d) A running game.

4. Where did Caballo Blanco originally hail from?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Texas.
(c) Vermont.
(d) California.

5. When was Ann Trason born?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Caballo Blanco say that Rick Fisher decided get the Taramuhara tribe some PR in Chapter 8?

3. What did the second team of Tarahumara runners use to fashion shoes for the Leadville Trail 100 race?

4. After how many days of traveling did Salvador announce that they had arrived at their destination in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 1, after the author learned that Caballo Blanco always arrived at a certain time, he was disappointed to realize it was currently what time?

(see the answer key)

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