Stephen King's "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon". Quiz

Answer: The Appalachian Trail

The Appalachian Trail runs from Maine to Georgia and covers approximately 2,178 miles. The Silver Comet Trail runs from Smyrna, Georgia to Anniston, Alabama. The Trail of Tears covers nine different states. The Oregon Trail was about two thousand miles long and led through six states

Answer: Baseball

A baseball is a round ball with a circumference of nine inches that has a rubber or cork core wound in yarn covered in white cowhide with red stitching. A football (American) is a oval shaped ball that is made of cowhide stitched to a vinyl cotton panel that covers a polyurethane bladder. Curling uses a polished granite stone that is slide across ice towards a circular target.

A basketball is a round ball 29.5 inches for men and 28.5 inches for women made of leather, rubber, a composition or a synthetic.

Answer: Penelope (Pepsi) Robichaud

Pepsi was first released in the 1890's by a pharmacist named Oscar Ocampo an contained pepsin and kola nut. Sprite is manufactured by the Coca Cola Company and is a lemon-lime flavored soft drink introduced in 1961. Ginger Ale contains ginger, sugar and carbonated water and comes in two varieties golden and dry. Surge is also bottled by Coca Cola and was released in 1996 to compete with Pepsi's Mountain Dew.

Answer: Her walkman

The walkman was just about the only thing that wasn't broken during her fall as she slid down a rock strewn embankment. That fall ended up with her hitting a dead tree filled with a yellow-jackets' nest only to end in a painful rush to the edge of the stream.

Answer: Darryl Strawberry

Darryl Strawberry played for the New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants and the New York Yankees. Hank Aaron played for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves and the Milwaukee Brewers. Tino Martinez played for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, St Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Bernie Williams played for the New York Yankees from 1991-2006.

Answer: An episode of "Little House on the Prairie"

"Little House on the Prairie" is a television show that ran from 1974 to 1982 and was loosely based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Last year's wilderness camp is a fictional answer. The things Trisha knew she learned from her mother on nature hikes. "Survivorman" is a television show that aired on the Discovery and Science channels for three different seasons and starred Les Stroud.

The Girl Scouts were founded by Juliette Gordon Low in Savannah,Ga.

Answer: Checkerberries & Beechnuts

Checkerberries, or American Wintergreen, are native to Northeastern America and are a member of the Ericaceae family. Beechnuts are 1.5-2.5 cm long and have a high tannin content. Blueberries are native to North America and are a false berry. Acorns usually bear one seed, rarely two, and has a easily recognizable shell. Blackberries are aggregate fruit with over 375 different species. Chestnuts are native to the regions of the Northern Hemispheres and the name refers to the nut and the tree itself. Boysenberries are a cross of a European Raspberry, Common Blackberry and a Loganberry. Walnut is not an actual nut but technically a drupe.

Answer: Her walkman

The walkman was built in 1978 by the Sony Corporation and marketed in 1979 and is the forerunner of portable CD players and MP3 players of today. A Pet Rock was a 1970's fad created by Gary Dahl advertised as the perfect pet. Trisha leaves the water bottle with her backpack and is wearing both of her shoes.

Answer: Eastern Black Bear

Ursus Americanus Americanus or the Eastern Black Bear ranges from Montana to the Atlantic coast and Alaska to Texas. Puma Concolor Cougar or North American Cougar thought to be extirpated in the early 1900's there is now evidence of a population up rise. Ursus Artos Horribilis or Grizzly Bear is found in the uplands of North America, Asia and Europe. Canis Lupus or Grey Wolf are apex predators' with only humans and Tigers as a posted threat.

Answer: Her mother

Trisha hears her mother and the nurse talking while she's waking up from her dream about her last conversation with Tom Gordon. Her father and Pete, her brother, are there also. There is never any mention of an aunt.