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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long before Cheryl set out to hike the PCT was her divorce settled?
(a) One year before.
(b) Six weeks before.
(c) One month before.
(d) Two years before.

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

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

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

5. What shape are the small metal PCT markers that appear periodically along the trail?
(a) Triangle-shaped.
(b) Heart-shaped.
(c) Square-shaped.
(d) Diamond-shaped.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the therapist that Cheryl had seen in downtown Minneapolis?

2. What establishment did Cheryl spend the night at in Mojave in Chapter 2: “Splitting”?

3. What drug did Cheryl develop a problem with while she was seeing Joe?

4. What is the elevation of Kennedy Meadows?

5. For whom did Cheryl call out when the animal she encountered in the woods fled away in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long does it take Cheryl to reach Golden Oak Springs? How much time does she spend there in Chapter 5: “Tracks”?

2. Where did Cheryl go before she left Minnesota for her hike? What did she do here, according to the narrative in Chapter 2: “Splitting”?

3. How does the author describe her position as a woman on the trail in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?

4. What happens when Cheryl goes to lift her backpack and set out on the hike in Chapter 3: “Hunching in a Remotely Upright Position”?

5. What symbolism is revealed to be connected to the feather that Cheryl carries in Chapter 8: “Corvidology”?

6. Who does Cheryl encounter when she arrives at Kennedy Meadows in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?

7. What memories of Cheryl's divorce are shared with the reader in Chapter 6: “A Bull in Both Directions”?

8. What internal and external conflicts are presented for Cheryl in Chapter 8: “Corvidology”?

9. What encounters with animals does Cheryl describe along her journey in Chapter 5: “Tracks”? What realizations do these encounters lead her to?

10. What are Cheryl's initial thoughts about facing snow in the High Sierras in Chapter 7: “The Only Girl in the Woods”?

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