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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 Bryson's joking impression of God's plan for him?
(a) Not realize he reached the end of AT, hike a thousand miles in to Canada
(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) Spend a little time with "each of the most stupid people on earth"

2. Who is the new friend Bryson and Katz meet on the trail?
(a) Mary
(b) Sue Ellen
(c) Mary Ellen
(d) MaryBeth

3. In March and April, what percent of hikers drop out the first week?
(a) 14
(b) 20
(c) 10
(d) 5

4. What do Bryson and Katz talk about as they dine in the Georgia Mountain Restaurant in Hiawassee?
(a) The great food in the finest restaurants in Boston and New York
(b) The abandonment of their uninvited hiking partner
(c) The pros and cons of renting a mule
(d) The life and times of a cockroach

5. What is Katz planning to do in Franklin?
(a) Go shopping
(b) Find a woman
(c) Idle in town for several days
(d) Go to the movies

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Bryson surprised to find at the first shelter?

3. Where is 12-year-old David Anderson mauled and killed by a black bear?

4. What is an accurate description of Bryson and Katz's new friend?

5. What is the idea of Trail Magic that all AT hikers believe?

(see the answer key)

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