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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) Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance
(b) Camping Fun for the Family
(c) 10 Steps for Safe Camping
(d) Bears and Bobcats, We Share the World

2. How many people are attacked by bears each year on the entire AT?
(a) 150
(b) 160
(c) 25
(d) 135

3. What do the dreary Georgia towns and the dreary people bring to mind?
(a) A series of last settlements as the area nears the point of logged out
(b) The movie, Deliverance
(c) A tough working class of people
(d) An ambitious people in process of improving their lot

4. What do Katz and Bryson hear about Mary Ellen two days after they leave her behind?
(a) She managed to get ahead of them.
(b) She got lost in the woods.
(c) She is hiking with other hikers.
(d) She dropped out with blisters on her feet.

5. What is David Anderson doing when the bear attacks?
(a) Eating a Snickers bar
(b) Making too much noise in the woods
(c) Cooking hamburgers
(d) Sleeping in his tent

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Katz planning to do in Franklin?

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

3. What does Mary Ellen tell another hiker at Plumorchard Gap Shelter about Katz and Bryson?

4. What is a common trade in northern Georgia?

5. Why is Katz determined to take a top bunk?

(see the answer key)

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