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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The father and son that gave Cheryl a ride from Mojave to the PCT were from a suburb of what city?
(a) Denver.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. On what date was the Pacific Crest Trail officially designated by an act of Congress?
(a) March 2, 1990.
(b) July 6, 1996.
(c) September 12, 1965.
(d) October 2, 1968.

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

5. What is the name of the outdoor store in Minneapolis where Cheryl had purchased much of her hiking supplies in the months before her trip?
(a) Cabela's.
(b) Sierra Trading Post.
(c) Bass Pro Shop.
(d) REI.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Pacific Crest trail completed and officially dedicated?

2. What is the title of the poem that Cheryl read to herself over and over on her first night camping on the trail in Chapter 4: “The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume I: California”?

3. What were Frank, Walter, and Carlos doing when Cheryl encountered them in Chapter 5: “Tracks”?

4. What school was Cheryl's ex-husband accepted to for graduate studies in New York?

5. What is the title of Part Two of the memoir?

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