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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was the race through the canyons in Guachochi where Salvador had seen the greatest Taramuhara runner?
(a) 60 miles.
(b) 35 miles.
(c) 44 miles.
(d) 26 miles.

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 aparaji.
(c) The pirajara.
(d) The jiprapi.

3. After how many days of traveling did Salvador announce that they had arrived at their destination in Chapter 4?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who holds the record of the oldest man to ever complete the Leadville Trail 100 race at the age of 70?

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

3. In what year did Ann Trason run the Leadville Trail 100?

4. Scott Jurek began running long distances when he started cross training with running to prepare for what?

5. The only person the author found who knew anything of Caballo Blanco was an editor of what magazine in Chapter 18?

(see the answer key)

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