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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How high is the elevation of Broken Top Mountain, the South Sister of the Three Sisters?
(a) 10,358 feet.
(b) 9,234 feet.
(c) 8,645 feet.
(d) 14,223 feet.

2. Where did Cheryl stop to have a burger two days after leaving Rick and the others in Chapter 17: “Into a Primal Gear”?
(a) Kennedy Meadows.
(b) Packer Lake Lodge.
(c) Stover Camp.
(d) Elk Lake Resort.

3. What is the elevation of Mount Shasta?
(a) 14,179 feet.
(b) 13,160 feet.
(c) 14,865 feet.
(d) 15,656 feet.

4. What was Lou's son's name?
(a) Peter.
(b) Craig.
(c) Luke.
(d) Chris.

5. Who does Cheryl describe in Chapter 18: “Queen of the PCT” as "hilarious and a little bit strange, with a dark edge of mystery"?
(a) Joe.
(b) Paul.
(c) James.
(d) Richie.

6. Who did Cheryl encounter on the trail that was heading back to Seiad Valley to take a bus to Ashland in Chapter 15: “Box of Rain”?
(a) Gretchen.
(b) Karen.
(c) Stacy.
(d) Aimee.

7. Who was Stacy's friend that Cheryl met at the hostel in Ashland in Chapter 15: “Box of Rain”?
(a) Anna.
(b) Dee.
(c) Alicia.
(d) Marie.

8. When did Catherine Montgomery suggest the idea of the PCT to Joseph T. Hazard?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1926.

9. Cheryl described the sight of what mountain as filling her with relief as she set out in Chapter 12: “This Far”?
(a) Mt. Everest.
(b) Mt. Shasta.
(c) Mt. McKinley.
(d) Mt. Gregory.

10. What new book did Cheryl begin reading in Chapter 16: “Mazama”?
(a) The Pacific Crest Trail: Part I: California.
(b) The Best American Essays 1991.
(c) The Dream of a Common Language.
(d) The Ten Thousand Things.

11. What lake does Shelter Cove Resort sit on the banks of?
(a) Buckeye Lake.
(b) Odell Lake.
(c) Kangaroo Lake.
(d) Medicine Lake.

12. What was the name of Cheryl's mother's horse?
(a) Heart.
(b) Lady.
(c) Black Beauty.
(d) Jewel.

13. Where did Susanna tell Cheryl she was from in Chapter 15: “Box of Rain”?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Austria.

14. Where did Cheryl split up with Stacy and Trina in the beginning of Chapter 11: “The Lou Out of Lou”?
(a) Castle Crags.
(b) Kennedy Meadows.
(c) Stover Camp.
(d) Whitehorse Campground.

15. Who is the author of Waiting for the Barbarians?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Cynthia Shepherd.
(c) J. M. Coetzee.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is Chaska from Minneapolis, according to the author in Chapter 10: “Range of Light”?

2. When did Clinton Churchill Clarke meet Warren Rogers?

3. Who was the person Cheryl had met along the trail that sent her a letter to Olallie Lake Resort in Chapter 18: “Queen of the PCT”?

4. How much money did Cheryl have waiting for her in her resupply pack in Ashland in Chapter 15: “Box of Rain”?

5. Who did the ranger at Olallie Lake say had told him about Cheryl in Chapter 18: “Queen of the PCT”?

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