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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Ann Trason born?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1962.

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

3. What was Caballo Blanco known as to the Tarahumara people?
(a) Muscle-man.
(b) Fatty.
(c) Baldy.
(d) Shaggy.

4. The first non-Tarahumara runner to finish was almost how far behind the winner in the Leadville Trail 100 race in 1993?
(a) Ten minutes.
(b) Forty minutes.
(c) Twenty minutes.
(d) An hour.

5. What 25 year-old Tarahumara runner won in a record time of 17:40 that stood for 11 years at the Leadville Trail 100?
(a) Salvador Holguin.
(b) Juan Herrera.
(c) Caballo Blanco.
(d) Victoriano Churro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of names did Caballo use when introducing the Americans to the Tarahumara runners in Chapter 29?

2. What disease did Scott Jurek's mother suffer from?

3. Over dinner in Chapter 23, Caballo shared the news that who had been killed?

4. What periodical assigned an article to the author in Chapter 3?

5. Who did Caballo say might still run in the race in Chapter 23, which surprised the author?

(see the answer key)

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