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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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”?
(a) Indian Paintbrush.
(b) Mountain Misery.
(c) Mountain Lily.
(d) Lupine.

2. How old was Cheryl's mother when she died?
(a) 45.
(b) 65.
(c) 57.
(d) 63.

3. What had Cheryl done with the book Staying Found after reading it?
(a) She mailed it home.
(b) She gave it to Tom.
(c) She burned it.
(d) She gave it to Greg.

4. Who is the author of The Dream of a Common Language?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Adrienne Rich.
(d) Henry O'Neill.

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

6. Who helped Cheryl lighten her pack while she was in Kennedy Meadows?
(a) Joe.
(b) Greg.
(c) Ed.
(d) Albert.

7. Who is attributed to the following quote that opens Part Three? "We are now in the mountains and they are in us..."
(a) James McCarthy.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) John Muir.

8. In what year was the Pacific Crest trail completed and officially dedicated?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1996.

9. Who was the founder of the Sierra Club?
(a) John Muir.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Philip Smith.

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

11. What is the name of Cheryl's step-father?
(a) Paul.
(b) Joe.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Eddie.

12. What mountains does Chery describe to the west of Mojave in Chapter 2: "Splitting"?
(a) The Belcher Mountains.
(b) The Cameron Mountains.
(c) The Tehachapi Mountains.
(d) The Elk River Mountains.

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

14. How many days was Cheryl on the PCT before she reached Golden Oak Springs in Chapter 5: “Tracks”?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

15. What were Frank, Walter, and Carlos doing when Cheryl encountered them in Chapter 5: “Tracks”?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Mining.
(c) Building a road.
(d) Fishing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Bud tell Cheryl he gave her the only room at the motel in Chapter 6: “A Bull in Both Directions”?

3. What is the title of Part Two of the memoir?

4. How old was Greg when Cheryl met him in Chapter 6: “A Bull in Both Directions”?

5. Who is the author of As I Lay Dying, which Cheryl brought on her hike?

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