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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 the title of the book Bill reads snuggled in bed weeks before the walk begins?
(a) Bears and Bobcats, We Share the World
(b) Camping Fun for the Family
(c) 10 Steps for Safe Camping
(d) Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance

2. How are Bryson and Katz covering the last 11 miles to Hiawassee?
(a) An unusual number of sitting rest stops
(b) A very fast walking pace
(c) Hitchhiking
(d) A very slow walking pace

3. What does Bryson notice while walking the trail in Georgia?
(a) Surrounding woods bring on almost a trance like state
(b) Hours of quiet solitude
(c) Infrequent swarms of biting flies
(d) Paper and plastic bottle litter

4. What occupies Bryson's thoughts as he awaits springtime?
(a) His shaky finances
(b) His teaching post at the university
(c) Bear attacks
(d) His troubled son

5. What does railroad man, Henry Bagley, do in 1890?
(a) Builds labor housing in the woods, laborers ignite a huge forest fire
(b) Begins Georgia clear cutting that lasts about forty years
(c) Lays railroad track that disrupts the continuity of the trail
(d) Builds a small town in the clear cut, with train service to Atlanta

Short Answer Questions

1. What is causing Bryson and Katz to hurry the descent of Blood Mountain?

2. What do Bryson and Katz talk about as they dine in the Georgia Mountain Restaurant in Hiawassee?

3. Who is the new friend Bryson and Katz meet on the trail?

4. What is Bryson's longstanding impression of the woods?

5. What is it about the airline person that prompts Bryson to question the man's intelligence?

(see the answer key)

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