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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. It was how long before they were going to leave to meet the Tarahumara as Chapter 29 opened?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 1 hour.

3. Who woke up the author at the crack of dawn on a freezing morning to see if he wanted to sneak in a run in Chapter 24?
(a) Luis and Scott.
(b) Carl and Luis.
(c) Ken and Scott.
(d) Carl and Ken.

4. Runners in the Leadville Trail 100 race climb and descend how many feet?
(a) 9,600.
(b) 15,600.
(c) 3,800.
(d) 23,700.

5. At the 72-mile station in Chapter 16, Ann Trason was leading by how much?
(a) 47 minutes.
(b) 22 minutes.
(c) 55 minutes.
(d) 35 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stepped out of the small hut to greet the author and his assistant in Chapter 4?

2. Who was very excited and wouldn't stop talking, just as he hadn't stopped talking on the bus in Chapter 23?

3. Where did Ann Trason work when she decided to run the Leadville Trail 100?

4. Who was referred to as a tall white man who spoke his own unique language and appeared sporadically to the Tarahumara in Chapter 5?

5. In 1993, what 52 year-old Tarahumara runner came in first in the Leadville Trail 100?

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