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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the story Katz tells as they recline on Indian Grove Gap?
(a) Grandma Katz was attacked by an impatient buzzard that ate her eyeball.
(b) A turkey plucked out Grandpa Katz' eyeball and ate it.
(c) A man snorted too much, one day popped an eyeball and the dog ate it.
(d) A blind juggler used his two eyeballs that had been surgically removed.

2. Who is the first person to hike the Appalachian Trail in a single summer?
(a) Woodrow Murphey
(b) Earl Shaffer
(c) David Horton
(d) Bill Irwin

3. What is Bryson surprised to find at the first shelter?
(a) The shelter has fallen in and has no roof
(b) The shelter has burned from a careless campfire
(c) A crowd of hikers
(d) The shelter is teeming with bugs, spiders and crawlies

4. Who joins Bryson and Katz on the morning hike after the snowstorm?
(a) Jim and Heath from Chattanooga
(b) 8 college students
(c) Darren and Donna
(d) Zeke and Festus

5. What does Bryson say is his universe while he is on the Appalachian Trail?
(a) Waiting to rest for the night
(b) Thinking of home
(c) Thinking about getting to the next town
(d) The forest

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the dreary Georgia towns and the dreary people bring to mind?

2. What is the amusement in the bunkhouse for about 30 minutes?

3. How do Katz and Bryson get to Knoxville?

4. What is Bryson's longstanding impression of the woods?

5. Why is Katz walking most places at the time he calls Bill?

(see the answer key)

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