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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: “Staying Found”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the father and son going to attend a graduation ceremony when they agreed to give Cheryl a ride from Mojave to the PCT?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Portland.
(c) San Luis Obispo.
(d) San Francisco.

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

3. Where did Cheryl and Doug find a campground two miles down from Trail Pass Trail in Chapter 8: “Corvidology”?
(a) Horseshoe Meadows.
(b) Shasta Meadows.
(c) Kennedy Meadows.
(d) Tuolomne Meadows.

4. Who is the author of the following poetic excerpt that opens Part Three? "If your Nerve, deny you - / Go above your Nerve - "
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Percy Shelley.

5. How did Cheryl overcome the situation when the bull charged her in Chapter 5: “Tracks”?
(a) She sprayed it with bear spray.
(b) She shot it.
(c) She blew a whistle.
(d) She climbed a tree.

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 animal's tracks did Cheryl spot after leaving Golden Oak Springs in Chapter 5: “Tracks”?

3. Who did Cheryl receive a postcard from when the picked up her supply pack in Kennedy Meadows in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?

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

5. On what date was the Pacific Crest Trail officially designated by an act of Congress?

(see the answer key)

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