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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose life is considered to be on the good path?
(a) Japhy's
(b) Ray's
(c) Morley's
(d) Sean's

2. Who is noted to have enormous hiking endurance?
(a) Japhy
(b) Ray
(c) Morley
(d) Warren

3. Who is the backwoods boy who grew up in a log cabin in the woods?
(a) Ray
(b) Warren
(c) Japhy
(d) Alvah

4. Who has the strange sensation of deja vu when he is hiking further up in elevation?
(a) Ray
(b) Morley
(c) No one
(d) Japhy

5. What does Japhy claim to have learned about from Ray?
(a) Meditating
(b) Language
(c) Life
(d) Hiking

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of writer is Ray Smith, the main character and narrator of this story?

2. At what time do the three men begin the summit attempt at Matterhorn?

3. How far off is Morley when they hear his yodeling in the morning?

4. What does Japhy casually mention to Ray, but does not explain to him at first?

5. Where is the other bum from, as Ray finds out during their conversation?

(see the answer key)

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