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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is college student, Zack, doing about the snowbound situation?
(a) Constructing a temporary hut to expand sleeping area.
(b) Attempting to radio his father for evacuation.
(c) Renting a van and taking 15 hikers to the town of Franklin.
(d) Assembling a posse to hike to Franklin for help.

2. What item does Katz throw out of his pack to lighten the weight?
(a) Coffee filters
(b) Cans of stew
(c) Canned fruit
(d) A huge salami

3. What creatures were living in Birch Spring Gap Shelter?
(a) Skunks
(b) Chipmunks
(c) Rats
(d) Mice

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

5. What is it about the airline person that prompts Bryson to question the man's intelligence?
(a) He is wearing a short-sleeved shirt in the winter time.
(b) He talks about scary natural disasters such as earthquakes, tidal waves, forest fires.
(c) He gives a wide-eyed stare when told of Bill and Katz' destination.
(d) He talks non-stop about European vacation spots.

6. Who is the new friend Bryson and Katz meet on the trail?
(a) Sue Ellen
(b) Mary Ellen
(c) MaryBeth
(d) Mary

7. What did the future hold for Earl Schaffer?
(a) He became a recluse in the backwoods of Pennsylvania.
(b) He got a job in Boston.
(c) He moved to California.
(d) He became a tour guide for the Appalachian Trail.

8. What is Bryson's reply when Katz asks him how he got over the fallen tree across the trail?
(a) Bryson says that he does not remember a tree.
(b) Bryson says that he dug under it.
(c) Bryson says that he went around it.
(d) Bryson says that he stood on a rock.

9. What is the highest point on the Appalachian Trail?
(a) The Blue Ridge Mountains
(b) Crescent Ridge
(c) Clingman's Dome
(d) Pike's Peak

10. What kills the Chestnut trees along the Appalachian Trail?
(a) A deadly Asian fungus
(b) Poisonous aphids
(c) Grubs
(d) Root rot

11. What is the physical condition of Bryson and Katz when they reach Clingman's Dome?
(a) Energetic
(b) Tired and drained
(c) Soaked and filthy
(d) Bloody and bruised

12. What is a common trade in northern Georgia?
(a) Fur trapping
(b) Whiskey making and bootlegging
(c) Woodland crafts
(d) Hunting and meat packing

13. In what year is the Appalachian Trail formally completed?
(a) 1925
(b) 1952
(c) 1937
(d) 1963

14. What was the famous event that took place in Dayton in 1925?
(a) Gangland shooting
(b) Flash flood
(c) Dayton tornado
(d) Scopes trial

15. What is Bryson's joking impression of God's plan for him?
(a) To be treed by a bear and starve to death in the tree
(b) Not realize he reached the end of AT, hike a thousand miles in to Canada
(c) Fall from a cliff 100 yards before the end of the trail
(d) Spend a little time with "each of the most stupid people on earth"

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are attacked by bears each year on the entire AT?

2. What occupies Bryson's thoughts as he awaits springtime?

3. How does Bryson feel about not hiking the entire Appalachian Trail?

4. What is an accurate description of Bryson and Katz's new friend?

5. What is the odd method Bryson uses to find a hiking partner?

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