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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Waiting for the Barbarians?
(a) Cynthia Shepherd.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) J. M. Coetzee.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

2. What time was it when Cheryl reached Cassel in Chapter 12: “This Far”?
(a) 9:00 p.m.
(b) 6:00 p.m.
(c) 3:00 p.m.
(d) 12:00 p.m.

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

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

5. Where were the father and son going to attend a graduation ceremony when they agreed to give Cheryl a ride from Mojave to the PCT?
(a) San Luis Obispo.
(b) Portland.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Carlos when Cheryl met him in Chapter 5: “Tracks”?

2. For whom did Cheryl call out when the animal she encountered in the woods fled away in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?

3. Where did Clinton Churchill Clarke live?

4. What creatures covered Cheryl when she awoke after drinking from the reservoir in Chapter 12: “This Far”?

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

(see the answer key)

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