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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Katz and Bryson agree to continue their hike in August?
(a) The Hundred Mile Wilderness
(b) The White Mountains
(c) Vermont
(d) Pennsylvania

2. What has devastated a mountain of foliage in Palmerton?
(a) Grubs
(b) Gypsy moth caterpillars
(c) Fire ants
(d) A zinc factory

3. What does Bryson use as a confirmation that they are really in the wilderness?
(a) He sees a bald eagle.
(b) He cannot see the sky through the trees.
(c) He sees a bear.
(d) He sees a moose.

4. What is the name of the mountain Bryson is hiking when it begins to rain?
(a) Mt. Washington
(b) Mt. McKinley
(c) Mt. Lafayette
(d) Mt. Killingly

5. What do Katz and Bryson decide to stop pretending?
(a) To be through hikers
(b) To be tough guys
(c) To be friends
(d) To be mountain men

6. How do people get to the top of Mt. Washington if they do not hike?
(a) Bicycle riding
(b) Horseback
(c) Hay wagon
(d) Driving or cog railway

7. What does Bryson discover when he walks to Kmart in Waynesboro?
(a) It is an easy walk along the highway.
(b) It is a short, boring walk.
(c) It is a pleasant, sunny walk.
(d) Walking to Kmart is harder than hiking the Appalachian Trail.

8. What are the weather conditions when most people are victims to hypothermia?
(a) Temperate weather
(b) Blizzard conditions
(c) Freezing temperatures
(d) Rain and wind

9. How many miles of the Appalachian Trail run through Pennsylvania?
(a) 120 miles
(b) 230 miles
(c) 50 miles
(d) 145 miles

10. Why does Katz stay in his room while staying in Waynesboro?
(a) He is catching up on sleep.
(b) A jealous husband is after him.
(c) He has a cold.
(d) He is watching the X-Files.

11. How large were the Appalachian Mountains eons ago?
(a) As large as the White Mountains
(b) As large as the Rockies
(c) As large as the Himalayas
(d) As large as the Smokies

12. Which beautiful Appalachian ranges are at the north and west of Pennsylvania?
(a) Nittany, Jacks, and Tussey
(b) Crescent Peak, Clingman's Bluff, and Tuckerman's Ravine
(c) Overland Mountain, Pike's Peak, and Jefferson Range
(d) Washington, Lafayette, and McKinley

13. Who joins Bryson and Katz in one of the Shenandoah shelters?
(a) Park rangers
(b) The Boy Scouts
(c) Mary Ellen
(d) A newlywed couple

14. How many Union troops does Stonewall Jackson capture at Harper's Ferry?
(a) 570
(b) 12,500
(c) 5,500
(d) 256

15. What happens to Katz in the Hundred Mile Wilderness?
(a) He falls from a cliff.
(b) He twists his ankle.
(c) He gets lost.
(d) He gets swept downriver.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far had Bryson and Katz hiked when they parted ways?

2. Where does Katz join Bryson?

3. Who set up the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy in 1785?

4. Why do Bryson and Katz hike to old iron works?

5. What does Bryson believe beauty has become for most Americans?

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