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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: “The Lou Out of Lou”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For approximately how many months was Cheryl planning on hiking the PCT as she set out in Chapter 3: “Hunching in a Remotely Upright Position”?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

2. What river flows through Kennedy Meadows?
(a) The Sacramento River.
(b) The Merced River.
(c) The Klamath River.
(d) The South Fork Kern River.

3. How much money did Cheryl have with her as she re-started on the PCT from Sierra City in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?
(a) 3 dollars.
(b) 34 cents.
(c) 13 dollars.
(d) 60 cents.

4. Cheryl Strayed writes in Chapter 3: “Hunching in a Remotely Upright Position,” "Every now and then I could see myself--truly see myself--and a sentence would come to me, thundering like a god into my head, and as I saw myself then in front of that tarnished mirror what came to me was" what?
(a) The woman with the hole in her heart.
(b) The fallen angel.
(c) The woman who was left behind.
(d) The woman who left her husband.

5. Who did Cheryl receive a postcard from when the picked up her supply pack in Kennedy Meadows in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?
(a) Joe.
(b) Karen.
(c) Lief.
(d) Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lou's son's name?

2. What book did Cheryl receive in her supply box in Kennedy Meadows?

3. What nickname did Cheryl give to her hiking backpack?

4. What had Cheryl done with the book Staying Found after reading it?

5. Where had Cheryl originally intended to end her hike of the PCT?

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