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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. 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) Portland.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) San Luis Obispo.

2. What river flows through Kennedy Meadows?
(a) The Klamath River.
(b) The Merced River.
(c) The South Fork Kern River.
(d) The Sacramento River.

3. Why did Bud tell Cheryl he gave her the only room at the motel in Chapter 6: “A Bull in Both Directions”?
(a) He liked her bracelet.
(b) He admired her hike.
(c) He liked her hair.
(d) She reminded him of his daughter.

4. Who was Cheryl's mother's favorite author?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Dorothy Parker.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) James Michener.

5. Where had Cheryl originally intended to end her hike of the PCT?
(a) Spokane, Washington.
(b) Tacoma, Washington.
(c) Ashland, Oregon.
(d) Mt. Shasta City, California.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape are the small metal PCT markers that appear periodically along the trail?

2. What led to the death of Cheryl's mother?

3. 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?

4. For whom did Cheryl call out when the animal she encountered in the woods fled away in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?

5. What did Cheryl drink too much of with her friends, causing her to get sick at the campground, in Chapter 13: “The Accumulation of Trees”?

(see the answer key)

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