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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Bryson and Katz decide to do when they see a full map of the Appalachian Trail?
(a) Plod ahead
(b) Skip fifty miles of trail
(c) Give up on the hike
(d) Skip a few hundred miles of trail

2. What is the estimate of people who hike the Appalachian Trail every year?
(a) Three or four thousand
(b) Three or four million
(c) Three or four hundred
(d) One million

3. What is the name of the mountain Bryson is hiking when it begins to rain?
(a) Mt. Lafayette
(b) Mt. McKinley
(c) Mt. Washington
(d) Mt. Killingly

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

5. Where do Katz and Bryson agree to continue their hike in August?
(a) Vermont
(b) The White Mountains
(c) The Hundred Mile Wilderness
(d) Pennsylvania

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the far shore of Fontana Lake border?

2. Where were twenty miles of trail lopped off in 1958?

3. Why is the footpath around Big Butt especially dangerous?

4. In March and April, what percent of hikers drop out the first week?

5. Who maintains the stone lodges which are located in the White Mountains?

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