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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the food Bryson has about which Katz gets excited?
(a) Cheese
(b) Cupcakes
(c) Salami
(d) Candy bars
2. What creatures were living in Birch Spring Gap Shelter?
(a) Mice
(b) Rats
(c) Chipmunks
(d) Skunks
3. When were over half of all the offices and malls in America today built?
(a) Since the 1980's
(b) Since the 1930's
(c) Since the 1950's
(d) Since the 1970's
4. What is the description of Georgia highlanders?
(a) Constantly striving to gain acceptance
(b) Depraved, rude, uncivilized
(c) Exceedingly poor but happy
(d) Downtrodden and joyful
5. In what year is the Appalachian Trail formally completed?
(a) 1925
(b) 1963
(c) 1952
(d) 1937
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the amusement in the bunkhouse for about 30 minutes?
2. What occupies Bryson's thoughts as he awaits springtime?
3. What is the true creature of the Smokies?
4. What is the strange move Katz makes when he realizes they have chosen too much food?
5. How long is the Appalachian Trail?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Bryson and Katz feel guilty about leaving Mary Ellen behind in the woods?
2. Explain the type of hiking that Bryson and Katz will have to do through the Smoky Mountains.
3. How does Bryson summarize the quality of Appalachian Trail maps?
4. Explain why Bryson thinks woods are spooky.
5. Describe the Chattahoochee Forest.
6. Explain how a hiker manages to get on the Appalachian Trail at Amicola Falls State Park when it is seven miles from the nearest highway.
7. As Bryson and Katz wait for a cabdriver, what do they suddenly decide about their destination?
8. Describe the first look Bryson and Katz have of the Smoky Mountains.
9. What are the benefits Bill Bryson believes he will get from hiking the Appalachian Trail?
10. How long is the Appalachian Trail and in what states does it begin and end?
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