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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jenn Shelton found her strength in what parts of the race in Chapter 31?

3. When was Jenn Shelton born?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened on the run by the Americans in the morning in Chapter 26? Who had to be rescued?

2. What was the first company to focus on running shoes? How is the company described in Chapter 25?

3. What happened as the race began in Chapter 31? What danger did the author face?

4. Describe Jenn and Billy in the narrative. Where did they meet?

5. What does the author assert of barefoot running in Chapter 25?

6. Who examined animals and humans from the past and present to see how they compared and contrasted in Chapter 28? What did he discover?

7. What had Jenn Shelton done to prepare for her first race? How did she perform?

8. What news was related of the Tarahumara runners in Chapter 23?

9. What happened after Caballo left Hawaii, as he describes in Chapter 32?

10. Who awoke the author in Chapter 24 for a run? What took place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the geographical regions of Mexico described in Chapter 1 and the Tarahumara people. How did the Tarahumara maintain distance from society?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Tarahumara teams at the Leadville Trail 100 in 1992 and 1993. Why did the first runners not complete the course?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the biography and career of author Christopher McDougall. When was the book published and what have critics written about it?

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