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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book did Cheryl receive in her supply box in Kennedy Meadows?
(a) The Complete Plays of William Shakespeare.
(b) The Poetry of Emily Dickinson.
(c) The Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor.

2. What was author Cheryl Strayed's birth name?
(a) Cheryl Smith.
(b) Cheryl Ross.
(c) Cheryl Nyland.
(d) Cheryl Thompson.

3. In what year was the Pacific Crest trail completed and officially dedicated?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1993.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Bud tell Cheryl he gave her the only room at the motel in Chapter 6: “A Bull in Both Directions”?

2. What is the name of the restaurant that Cheryl describes in Kennedy Meadows in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?

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

4. What establishment did Cheryl spend the night at in Mojave in Chapter 2: “Splitting”?

5. With what friend did Cheryl drive to Sioux Falls to pick up her truck in the flashback in Chapter 4: “The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume I: California”?

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