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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nike, Inc. was founded on January 25, 1964 with what name?
(a) Extreme Sports Inc.
(b) Blue Ribbon Sports.
(c) Gold Medal Sports.
(d) Sportus Maximus.

2. Ann Trason is just over how tall?
(a) 6'8".
(b) 5'6".
(c) 5'.
(d) 6'.

3. Where did Ann Trason struggle as the Taramuhara were effortlessly catching up to her in Chapter 14?
(a) Terror Pass.
(b) Red Rocks Pass.
(c) Enlightenment Pass.
(d) Hope Pass.

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

5. With shoeless human running, what is the part of the foot which strikes the ground with the most force?
(a) The heel.
(b) The lateral edge of the forefoot.
(c) The five bones of the midfoot.
(d) The instep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What describes itself as "the world's toughest foot race," beginning in California's Death Valley?

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?

3. At the 60-mile mark, Ann Trason was how far ahead of the Tarahumara runners in Chapter 14?

4. Abebe Bikila was a barefoot runner from where?

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

(see the answer key)

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