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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the total walking distance of the typical American in one week?
(a) 5 miles
(b) 7 miles
(c) 1.4 miles
(d) 23 miles

2. What is Katz planning to do in Franklin?
(a) Idle in town for several days
(b) Go shopping
(c) Find a woman
(d) Go to the movies

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

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

5. Why is the footpath around Big Butt especially dangerous?
(a) The path is always slick with wet moss.
(b) The path is always slick with ice.
(c) Overhanging branches can whiplash the face.
(d) The footpath is very narrow with a steep drop on each side.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bryson consider perfect about hiking in Vermont?

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

3. What is the amusement in the bunkhouse for about 30 minutes?

4. What mountain inspired Melville's Moby Dick.

5. Who joins Bryson and Katz on the morning hike after the snowstorm?

(see the answer key)

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