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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author's doctor recommended that he quit running or at least use what in Chapter 2?
(a) Tylenol.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Cortisone.
(d) Vicodin.

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) Charles Williams.
(b) Caballo Blanco.
(c) Christopher McDougall.
(d) Matt Carpenter.

3. What did the author realize was the reason Caballo Blanco had been angry in Chapter 7?
(a) Caballo Blanco was late for a meeting.
(b) Caballo Blanco was offended by a gesture.
(c) Caballo Blanco was very hungry.
(d) Caballo Blanco hadn't slept in two days.

4. What did Caballo Blanco suggest the author focus on in his running in Chapter 17?
(a) Love, flowers, and rain.
(b) Food, alcohol, and sex.
(c) Pain, defeat, and anger.
(d) Easy, light, smooth, and fast.

5. Rick Fisher was an arrogant wilderness photographer from where?
(a) Washington.
(b) Oregon.
(c) California.
(d) Arizona.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the location where the Tarahumara make their home?

2. When did the author go to see a doctor due to foot pain in Chapter 2?

3. The first non-Tarahumara runner to finish was almost how far behind the winner in the Leadville Trail 100 race in 1993?

4. In Chapter 11, Rick Fisher promised that team Taramuhara would be back the following year and the event became major garnering the attention of what sports corporation?

5. Ann Trason is just over how tall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dr. Joe Vigil find astounding about Ann's performance in the 1994 Leadville Trail 100?

2. What do magazine and sports articles discuss about the impacts of running on the body in Chapter 2? What was the author's doctor's advice to him?

3. What did the author know about Caballo Blanco and the Tarahumara when he set out on his journey to seek them?

4. How is the Leadville Trail 100 described in the text?

5. How did Rick Fisher behave after the 1994 Leadville Trail 100?

6. What did the author learn from the schoolteacher of the Tarahumara in Chapter 6?

7. Who did Ann Trason and the Tarahumara have as mules in the 1994 Leadville Trail 100? What was their job?

8. What in particular about the Leadville Trail 100 appealed to Dr. Joe Vigil?

9. Who paid the author to seek the Tarahumara for a story in Chapter 3? How did the author begin setting up his trip?

10. How did the Tarahumara change their running strategy in the 1994 Leadville Trail 100?

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