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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the Tarahumara schoolteacher with whom the author spoke in Chapter 5?
(a) Angel.
(b) Bella.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Maria.

2. Who was referred to as a tall white man who spoke his own unique language and appeared sporadically to the Tarahumara in Chapter 5?
(a) Christopher McDougall.
(b) Matt Carpenter.
(c) Charles Williams.
(d) Caballo Blanco.

3. How many runners were on the Tarahumara team that took on Ann Trason in 1994?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

4. When did Emil Zatopek die?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2004.

5. Who came in third place in the 1994 Leadville Trail 100?
(a) Salvador Holguin.
(b) Christopher McDougall.
(c) Billy Barnett.
(d) Martimano Cervantes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many world records has Ann Trason broken during her career?

2. By what name do the indigenous people of the Taramuhara call themselves?

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

4. When was the Barefoot Runners Society founded in the United States?

5. When was the Leadville Trail 100 first run?

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