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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of names did Caballo use when introducing the Americans to the Tarahumara runners in Chapter 29?
(a) Tree names.
(b) Constellation names.
(c) Animal names.
(d) River names.

2. In Chapter 1, the author learned that Caballo Blanco always arrived at what time?
(a) 4:00 p.m.
(b) 9:30 p.m.
(c) 5:00 p.m.
(d) 8:00 p.m.

3. Whose name did the author mention to Caballo Blanco to catch his attention in Chapter 7?
(a) Martimano's.
(b) Victoriano's.
(c) Manuel's.
(d) Salvador's.

4. Who came in second place in the 1994 Leadville Trail 100?
(a) Jenn Trason.
(b) Ann Shelton.
(c) Ann Trason.
(d) Jenn Shelton.

5. What did Scott Jurek earn a Master's Degree in?
(a) Physical Therapy.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Geology.
(d) Economics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what elevation does the Leadville Trail 100 begin?

2. Who called to say that he could show how an antelope could be run to death, which he had learned in the bush, in Chapter 28?

3. After the author first met Caballo, he tried to run without what, to no avail?

4. As of 2003, Ann Trason's mark at the Leadville Trail 100 was ranked what by any runner?

5. Ann Trason overtook the Tarahumara runners at what mark in the Leadville Trail 100 in Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

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