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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: “The Accumulation of Trees”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important item had Cheryl just lost over the edge of the mountain in the memoir's Prologue?
(a) Her hiking pole.
(b) Her backpack.
(c) Her boot.
(d) Her hat.

2. What is the total distance of the Pacific Crest Trail?
(a) 1,100 miles.
(b) 3,240 miles.
(c) 2,663 miles.
(d) 680 miles.

3. What campground did the girls drop Cheryl off at by the PCT in Chapter 10: “Range of Light”?
(a) Kangaroo Lake Campground.
(b) Black Butte Campground.
(c) Whitehorse Campground.
(d) Medicine Lake Campground.

4. Where did Clinton Churchill Clarke live?
(a) Bellingham, Washington.
(b) Pasadena, California.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Phoenix, Arizona.

5. 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 fallen angel.
(d) The woman who left her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Cheryl originally intended to end her hike of the PCT?

2. For approximately how many months was Cheryl planning on hiking the PCT as she set out in Chapter 3: “Hunching in a Remotely Upright Position”?

3. What is the name of the low green bush that Cheryl pointed out as she and Greg began on the PCT in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?

4. What was the nearest "reliable" source of water to Hat Creek Rim in Chapter 12: “This Far”?

5. Where did Ed say he lived most of the year in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?

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