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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 is depicted on Cheryl's only tattoo?
(a) A blue horse.
(b) A red heart.
(c) A pink rose.
(d) A green turtle.

2. How long before Cheryl set out to hike the PCT was her divorce settled?
(a) Six weeks before.
(b) One year before.
(c) One month before.
(d) Two years before.

3. What led to the death of Cheryl's mother?
(a) Breast cancer.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Diabetes.

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

5. What kind of vehicle did Cheryl drive from Minnesota to Portland when she set out to hike the PCT?
(a) A 1974 Volkswagen Beetle.
(b) A 1998 Ford Explorer.
(c) A 1979 Chevy Luv pickup truck.
(d) A 1991 Honda Accord.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does water weigh per gallon?

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

3. What month was it when Cheryl left Minnesota to drive to Portland in Chapter 2: "Splitting"?

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

5. What was author Cheryl Strayed's birth name?

(see the answer key)

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