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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is causing Bryson and Katz to hurry the descent of Blood Mountain?
(a) A substantial storm is almost upon them
(b) Thoughts of Walasi-Yi Inn, having sandwiches and ice cream
(c) Katz is sick and getting sicker
(d) They have seen 3 bears

2. What does Katz buy in Franklin that irritates Bryson?
(a) Cream Soda
(b) A box of Snickers
(c) A beer
(d) A TV Guide

3. Why are grizzly bears not a concern on the trail?
(a) The Park Service shoots all grizzly bears on sight.
(b) Disease unique to the grizzly bear has wiped out the population.
(c) The black bear population has driven off the grizzly bears.
(d) Grizzly bears do not roam east of the Mississippi River.

4. What is a common trade in northern Georgia?
(a) Woodland crafts
(b) Hunting and meat packing
(c) Whiskey making and bootlegging
(d) Fur trapping

5. What is Bryson's joking impression of God's plan for him?
(a) Spend a little time with "each of the most stupid people on earth"
(b) Fall from a cliff 100 yards before the end of the trail
(c) To be treed by a bear and starve to death in the tree
(d) Not realize he reached the end of AT, hike a thousand miles in to Canada

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the condition of Bryson's motel room in Hiawassee?

2. Where is MacKaye's trail idea first published?

3. What is the major drawback of AT trail maps?

4. While Bryson climbs the first mountain, what is Katz doing well behind him?

5. What happens three or four times a day as Bryson and Katz hike the trail?

(see the answer key)

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