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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 a diversion available at the campground?
(a) Playing board games endlessly
(b) Looking at hanging wall pictures of previous hikers
(c) Listening to country music for endless hours
(d) Hanging out at the stove in the office

2. Where do Bryson and Katz stay after eight days of hiking?
(a) Potomac Mountain
(b) Waynesboro
(c) Lafayette
(d) Gravel Creek

3. What does Mary Ellen tell another hiker at Plumorchard Gap Shelter about Katz and Bryson?
(a) They are wimps.
(b) She is grateful for all they did for her.
(c) She is afraid on the trail without them.
(d) They helped her out alot.

4. What is the unexpected factor with the snowstorm?
(a) Sudden onset
(b) Rapid accumulation
(c) The total lack of wind
(d) The fierce wind

5. What does the far shore of Fontana Lake border?
(a) The boundary of the Tennessee Valley
(b) The boundary of North Carolina
(c) The boundary of Smoky Mountain National Park
(d) The southern boundary of Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary role of the Forest Service?

2. What is causing Bryson and Katz to hurry the descent of Blood Mountain?

3. Why does Bryson insist that they sleep in shelters from now on?

4. What is the strange move Katz makes when he realizes they have chosen too much food?

5. What do Katz and Bryson hear about Mary Ellen two days after they leave her behind?

(see the answer key)

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