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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. What establishment did Cheryl spend the night at in Mojave in Chapter 2: “Splitting”?
(a) White Pine Inn.
(b) Rogers' Motel.
(c) White's Motel.
(d) Grace's Lodge.

2. What is the elevation of the town of Mojave, California?
(a) 1,345 feet.
(b) 2,762 feet.
(c) 532 feet.
(d) 3,211 feet.

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

4. What states does the Pacific Crest Trail pass through?
(a) California, Nevada, and Oregon.
(b) Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri.
(c) California, Oregon, and Washington.
(d) Colorado, Wyoming, and Idaho.

5. Who is the author of The Dream of a Common Language?
(a) Henry O'Neill.
(b) Adrienne Rich.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Walt Whitman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the total distance of the Pacific Crest Trail?

2. What is the name of Cheryl's sister?

3. What is the name of Cheryl's brother?

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?

5. What important item had Cheryl just lost over the edge of the mountain in the memoir's Prologue?

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