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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. How much does water weigh per gallon?
(a) 2.3 pounds.
(b) 8.3 pounds.
(c) 5.5 pounds.
(d) 1.6 pounds.

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

3. Where had Cheryl originally intended to end her hike of the PCT?
(a) Mt. Shasta City, California.
(b) Tacoma, Washington.
(c) Spokane, Washington.
(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 with the hole in her heart.
(b) The woman who was left behind.
(c) The woman who left her husband.
(d) The fallen angel.

5. What state was Cheryl in as she stood atop the mountain in the Prologue?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) California.
(d) Washington.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Cheryl's friend that she left her supply boxes with in Portland?

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