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

2. How old was Greg when Cheryl met him in Chapter 6: “A Bull in Both Directions”?
(a) 40.
(b) 22.
(c) 55.
(d) 19.

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

4. Who is the author of As I Lay Dying, which Cheryl brought on her hike?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

5. When was Cheryl Strayed born?
(a) August 14, 1967.
(b) March 12, 1969.
(c) September 17, 1968.
(d) July 7, 1973.

Short Answer Questions

1. What river flows through Kennedy Meadows?

2. Who was the founder of the Sierra Club?

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

4. What is the name of Cheryl's ex-husband?

5. 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”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What book inspired Cheryl's journey? Where did Cheryl first encounter this book?

2. What obstacles are presented for Cheryl as she makes her way along the PCT in Chapter 9: “Staying Found”?

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

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

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

6. When does Cheryl stop hiking on her first day on the PCT in Chapter 4: “The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume I: California”? What are her thoughts as she camps?

7. 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”?

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

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

10. What is revealed of Cheryl's past in the flashback to the Mayo Clinic in Chapter 1: “The Ten Thousand Things”?

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