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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the book Bill reads snuggled in bed weeks before the walk begins?
(a) Camping Fun for the Family
(b) Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance
(c) Bears and Bobcats, We Share the World
(d) 10 Steps for Safe Camping

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

3. How does Bryson feel about not hiking the entire Appalachian Trail?
(a) He is angry at himself.
(b) He feels good about it.
(c) He is disappointed.
(d) He feels like a failure.

4. In March and April, what percent of hikers drop out the first week?
(a) 14
(b) 10
(c) 5
(d) 20

5. What do Bryson and Katz decide to do when they see a full map of the Appalachian Trail?
(a) Skip a few hundred miles of trail
(b) Give up on the hike
(c) Plod ahead
(d) Skip fifty miles of trail

Short Answer Questions

1. What is killing all the hemlock trees along the Appalachian Trail?

2. What is the physical condition of Bryson and Katz when they reach Clingman's Dome?

3. When were over half of all the offices and malls in America today built?

4. What is the condition of Bryson's motel room in Hiawassee?

5. Where were twenty miles of trail lopped off in 1958?

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