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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: “A Bull in Both Directions”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month was it when Cheryl left Minnesota to drive to Portland in Chapter 2: "Splitting"?
(a) May.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) July.

2. What school was Cheryl's ex-husband accepted to for graduate studies in New York?
(a) New York University.
(b) The New School.
(c) Pratt Institute.
(d) Columbia University.

3. When was Cheryl Strayed born?
(a) July 7, 1973.
(b) March 12, 1969.
(c) September 17, 1968.
(d) August 14, 1967.

4. What is the title of the poem that Cheryl read to herself over and over on her first night camping on the trail in Chapter 4: “The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume I: California”?
(a) Generosity.
(b) Love and Laughter.
(c) Power.
(d) The Road to Peace.

5. Who is the author of As I Lay Dying, which Cheryl brought on her hike?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Short Answer Questions

1. The California coast parallels the PCT more or less about how many miles away, according to the author in Chapter 6: “A Bull in Both Directions”?

2. What is the title of the book that Cheryl brought on her hike to tell her how to use her compass?

3. 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”?

4. What year was it when Cheryl Strayed hiked the PCT?

5. What is the name of the outdoor store in Minneapolis where Cheryl had purchased much of her hiking supplies in the months before her trip?

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