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

2. 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) Power.
(b) Love and Laughter.
(c) Generosity.
(d) The Road to Peace.

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

4. For whom did Cheryl call out when the animal she encountered in the woods fled away in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?
(a) Mom.
(b) Joe.
(c) Dad.
(d) Paul.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is attributed to the following quote that opens Part Three? "We are now in the mountains and they are in us..."

3. What is the name of Cheryl's step-father?

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. How many times had Cheryl been backpacking previously when she set out to journey the PCT?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cheryl describe her early childhood and her biological father in Chapter 1: “The Ten Thousand Things”?

2. What revelations about herself does Cheryl have while looking into the mirror before setting out for the PCT in Chapter 3: “Hunching in a Remotely Upright Position”?

3. What map does Cheryl describe in the beginning of Chapter 2: “Splitting”?

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

5. Where does Cheryl's hike of the PCT begin? What thoughts does Cheryl have upon arriving at her starting point in Chapter 2: “Splitting”?

6. What causes Cheryl to leave the PCT in Chapter 5: “Tracks”? Where does she go when she departs from the trail?

7. How would you describe Cheryl's mindset as she returns to the PCT in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?

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

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

10. Describe Cheryl's encounter with the fox in Chapter 9: “Staying Found.” What inner emotions are revealed in this excerpt of the memoir?

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