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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: “Mazama”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 who left her husband.
(b) The fallen angel.
(c) The woman who was left behind.
(d) The woman with the hole in her heart.

2. Whose death did Cheryl hear about as she arrived in Ashland in Chapter 15: “Box of Rain”?
(a) Jerry Garcia's.
(b) Kurt Cobain's.
(c) Jim Morrison's.
(d) Tupac Shakur's.

3. About how many years ago did Mount Mazama erupt?
(a) 10,500.
(b) 7,700.
(c) 8,600.
(d) 2,550.

4. What is the elevation of Forester Pass on the PCT?
(a) 15,656 feet.
(b) 14,265 feet.
(c) 9,345 feet.
(d) 13,160 feet.

5. When did Catherine Montgomery suggest the idea of the PCT to Joseph T. Hazard?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the highest peak in the contiguous United States?

2. What is depicted on Cheryl's only tattoo?

3. What did Susanna insist on doing for Cheryl in Chapter 15: “Box of Rain”?

4. What is the title of Part Three of the memoir?

5. When did Clinton Churchill Clarke meet Warren Rogers?

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