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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Caballo Blanco suggest the author focus on in his running in Chapter 17?
(a) Easy, light, smooth, and fast.
(b) Love, flowers, and rain.
(c) Pain, defeat, and anger.
(d) Food, alcohol, and sex.

2. The Leadville Trail 100 is an ultramarathon held annually on trails and dirt roads through the heart of what mountains?
(a) The Sierra Nevada Mountains.
(b) The Appalachian Mountains.
(c) The Rocky Mountains.
(d) The White Mountains.

3. What is the second-highest waterfall in Mexico, located near Creel?
(a) Basaseachic Falls.
(b) Juanacatlán Falls.
(c) Cascada de Texolo.
(d) Cola de Caballo.

4. Where did Jenn Shelton attend college?
(a) The University of North Carolina.
(b) The University of South Carolina.
(c) The University of Virginia.
(d) The University of West Virginia.

5. Ann Trason is just over how tall?
(a) 6'.
(b) 6'8".
(c) 5'6".
(d) 5'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What periodical assigned an article to the author in Chapter 3?

2. What 25 year-old Tarahumara runner won in a record time of 17:40 that stood for 11 years at the Leadville Trail 100?

3. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than how many miles?

4. What did Martimano send Shaggy and Juan up ahead of him to do in Chapter 16?

5. Jenn Shelton and her boyfriend met while working as what, as described in Chapter 22?

(see the answer key)

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