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

2. What did the skiers respond when Cheryl shouted to them from the PCT in Chapter 9: “Staying Found,” "WHERE ARE WE?"
(a) Oregon.
(b) Washington.
(c) Chicago.
(d) California.

3. Where did Greg and Cheryl take a Greyhound bus to from Lone Pine in Chapter 8: “Corvidology”?
(a) Dunsmuir, California.
(b) Mt. Shasta, California.
(c) Portland, Oregon.
(d) Reno, Nevada.

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

5. What creatures covered Cheryl when she awoke after drinking from the reservoir in Chapter 12: “This Far”?
(a) Field mice.
(b) Frogs.
(c) Crickets.
(d) Lizards.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What animal did Cheryl have a moving encounter with in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?

4. What was the name of Lou's husky in Chapter 11: “The Lou Out of Lou”?

5. What mountain range does the Sierra Nevada connect with at Lassen National Park?

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