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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Bryson surprised to find at the first shelter?
(a) The shelter has burned from a careless campfire
(b) The shelter is teeming with bugs, spiders and crawlies
(c) A crowd of hikers
(d) The shelter has fallen in and has no roof

3. What is the story Katz tells as they recline on Indian Grove Gap?
(a) A turkey plucked out Grandpa Katz' eyeball and ate it.
(b) Grandma Katz was attacked by an impatient buzzard that ate her eyeball.
(c) A man snorted too much, one day popped an eyeball and the dog ate it.
(d) A blind juggler used his two eyeballs that had been surgically removed.

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

5. Of what material are the shelters in the Rockies constructed?
(a) Plywood
(b) Pine branches
(c) Brick
(d) Stone

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Katz throw out of his pack to lighten the weight?

2. Why does Bryson insist that they sleep in shelters from now on?

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

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

5. What do Bryson and Katz begin hiking?

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