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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What states does the Pacific Crest Trail pass through?
(a) California, Nevada, and Oregon.
(b) California, Oregon, and Washington.
(c) Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri.
(d) Colorado, Wyoming, and Idaho.

2. Where was Greg from?
(a) Spokane, Washington.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) Tacoma, Washington.
(d) San Francisco, California.

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

4. What led to the death of Cheryl's mother?
(a) Breast cancer.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Diabetes.

5. What item did Cheryl take from the "PCT Hiker Free Box" in Kennedy Meadows in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?
(a) A fishing pole.
(b) A ski pole.
(c) A can of bear spray.
(d) An ice axe.

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

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

8. How did Cheryl overcome the situation when the bull charged her in Chapter 5: “Tracks”?
(a) She sprayed it with bear spray.
(b) She blew a whistle.
(c) She climbed a tree.
(d) She shot it.

9. What was the name of the therapist that Cheryl had seen in downtown Minneapolis?
(a) Peter.
(b) James.
(c) Vince.
(d) Andrew.

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

11. The father and son that gave Cheryl a ride from Mojave to the PCT were from a suburb of what city?
(a) Denver.
(b) Minneapolis.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

13. What vehicle did Cheryl encounter on the jeep trail as she was making her way toward Quincy in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?
(a) A green SUV.
(b) A blue corvette.
(c) A black SUV.
(d) A red Jeep.

14. How many times had Cheryl been backpacking previously when she set out to journey the PCT?
(a) Twice.
(b) Ten times.
(c) Once.
(d) Never.

15. How many days had it been since Cheryl left Sierra City when she arrived at the jeep rail on the PCT and encountered people in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the couple offer to give Cheryl a ride to in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?

2. What had Cheryl done with the book Staying Found after reading it?

3. Where did Greg and Cheryl take a Greyhound bus to from Lone Pine in Chapter 8: “Corvidology”?

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

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

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