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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the poem that Cheryl read to herself over and over on her first night camping on the trail in Chapter 4: “The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume I: California”?
(a) Generosity.
(b) Power.
(c) The Road to Peace.
(d) Love and Laughter.

2. Where did Cheryl originally meet Joe?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Sioux Falls.
(c) Portland.
(d) New York.

3. 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.

4. How old was Cheryl when she first met Joe?
(a) 26.
(b) 24.
(c) 22.
(d) 19.

5. What establishment did Cheryl spend the night at in Mojave in Chapter 2: “Splitting”?
(a) White Pine Inn.
(b) Grace's Lodge.
(c) White's Motel.
(d) Rogers' Motel.

6. What is the name of the restaurant that Cheryl describes in Kennedy Meadows in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?
(a) Grumpy's Restaurant.
(b) Riceland Burgers.
(c) The White Horse.
(d) Montague Inn.

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

8. What is depicted on Cheryl's only tattoo?
(a) A blue horse.
(b) A green turtle.
(c) A pink rose.
(d) A red heart.

9. What did Troy work delivering around southern California when he picked Cheryl up to give her a ride in Chapter 6: “A Bull in Both Directions”?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Milk.
(d) Chips.

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

11. What drug did Cheryl develop a problem with while she was seeing Joe?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Meth.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Heroin.

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

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

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

15. What is the title of the book that Cheryl brought on her hike to tell her how to use her compass?
(a) North and South.
(b) Getting Lost.
(c) Finding Your Way.
(d) Staying Found.

Short Answer 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”?

2. How old was Carlos when Cheryl met him in Chapter 5: “Tracks”?

3. Who helped Cheryl lighten her pack while she was in Kennedy Meadows?

4. How much money did Cheryl have with her as she re-started on the PCT from Sierra City in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?

5. What item did Cheryl take from the "PCT Hiker Free Box" in Kennedy Meadows in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?

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