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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary Ellen tell another hiker at Plumorchard Gap Shelter about Katz and Bryson?
(a) They helped her out alot.
(b) She is afraid on the trail without them.
(c) She is grateful for all they did for her.
(d) They are wimps.

2. Where do botanists consider the finest mix of mesophytic forest?
(a) The Smokies
(b) The Rockies
(c) The Blue Ridge Mountains
(d) The White Mountains

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

4. Who sees hiking as a dirty, pointless endeavor?
(a) Mary Ellen
(b) Bryson
(c) Katz
(d) Bryson's wife

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are parts of the original Appalachian Trail plans that are never realized?

2. Where do Bryson and Katz stay after eight days of hiking?

3. What is Benton MacKaye's job?

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

5. What stands at Fontana Lake's western end?

(see the answer key)

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