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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: “Hunching in a Remotely Upright Position”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Cheryl's first supply stop on the PCT?
(a) Iron Gate Reservoir.
(b) Castle Crags.
(c) Mount Shasta.
(d) Kennedy Meadows.

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

3. Where had Cheryl originally intended to end her hike of the PCT?
(a) Spokane, Washington.
(b) Tacoma, Washington.
(c) Mt. Shasta City, California.
(d) Ashland, Oregon.

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

5. 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) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state was Cheryl in as she stood atop the mountain in the Prologue?

2. What is the name of Cheryl's ex-husband?

3. What is the elevation of the town of Mojave, California?

4. How old was Cheryl's mother when she died?

5. How many times had Cheryl been backpacking previously when she set out to journey the PCT?

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