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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 was very excited and wouldn't stop talking, just as he hadn't stopped talking on the bus in Chapter 23?
(a) Scott Jurek.
(b) Barefoot Ted.
(c) Christopher McDougall.
(d) Caballo Blanco.

2. 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 rarajipari.
(b) The pirajara.
(c) The jiprapi.
(d) The aparaji.

3. In Chapter 20, the author was back in Mexico and he only had how much time to find Caballo?
(a) 36 hours.
(b) 48 hours.
(c) 72 hours.
(d) 24 hours.

4. How long of a jog was the author on when he felt a shooting pain in his foot in Chapter 2?
(a) 5-mile.
(b) 3-mile.
(c) 10-mile.
(d) 14-mile.

5. The Tarahumara language belongs to what family?
(a) Uto-Columbian.
(b) Uto-Aztecan.
(c) Uto-Incan.
(d) Uto-Mexican.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Scott Jurek attend college?

2. Where is Nike, Inc. headquartered?

3. Runners in the Leadville Trail 100 race climb and descend how many feet?

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

5. The Leadville Trail 100 is an ultramarathon held annually on trails and dirt roads through the heart of what mountains?

(see the answer key)

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