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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. Who insisted that he was going to go into the canyons barefoot in Chapter 24?
(a) Ted.
(b) Scott.
(c) Bob.
(d) Luis.

2. From what university did Christopher McDougall graduate?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Stanford University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Princeton University.

3. What is Barefoot Ted's last name?
(a) Maxwell.
(b) McDonald.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Rodgers.

4. In Chapter 20, the author was back in Mexico and he only had how much time to find Caballo?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 72 hours.
(c) 36 hours.
(d) 48 hours.

5. Who called to say that he could show how an antelope could be run to death, which he had learned in the bush, in Chapter 28?
(a) Matt Carpenter.
(b) Louis Liebenberg.
(c) Arnulfo Quimare.
(d) Scott Jurek.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jenn Shelton attend college?

2. Caballo was filled with pride as he showed off what to the author in Chapter 26?

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?

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

5. Running in padded shoes typically places more emphasis on what part of the foot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who examined animals and humans from the past and present to see how they compared and contrasted in Chapter 28? What did he discover?

2. What was the first company to focus on running shoes? How is the company described in Chapter 25?

3. What was the town like on the morning of the race in Chapter 31?

4. What happened on the run by the Americans in the morning in Chapter 26? Who had to be rescued?

5. How did Jenn learn to struggle against the Tarahumara runners in Chapter 31?

6. How did the author begin training for the race in Mexico in Chapter 27?

7. What did the American runners do on their night of arrival in Chapter 21?

8. How did Caballo Blanco feel about his new home in Chapter 26? How is it described?

9. What happened as the race began in Chapter 31? What danger did the author face?

10. Who was Scott Jurek? How is he described in the narrative?

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