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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 did Ed say he lived most of the year in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?
(a) Portland, Oregon.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) San Diego, California.
(d) Cleveland, Ohio.

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

3. What is the title of Part Three of the memoir?
(a) Box of Rain.
(b) The Ten Thousand Things.
(c) Tracks.
(d) Range of Light.

4. When was Cheryl Strayed born?
(a) September 17, 1968.
(b) March 12, 1969.
(c) August 14, 1967.
(d) July 7, 1973.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What river flows through Kennedy Meadows?

3. What drug did Cheryl develop a problem with while she was seeing Joe?

4. Who is the author of the following poetic excerpt that opens Part Three? "If your Nerve, deny you - / Go above your Nerve - "

5. What is the name of Cheryl's step-father?

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