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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bryson conclude is the best advice in dealing with a bear in your midst?
(a) Never run and attempt to hide because the bear will always pursue.
(b) Loudly sing a song because a bear will listen to unfamiliar sounds and will then depart.
(c) No one really knows; opinions vary and contradict each other.
(d) Always run and attempt to hide and the bear will lose interest.

2. What does Mary Ellen tell another hiker at Plumorchard Gap Shelter about Katz and Bryson?
(a) She is afraid on the trail without them.
(b) They are wimps.
(c) She is grateful for all they did for her.
(d) They helped her out alot.

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

4. What is the date Bryson and Katz begin their walk in the woods?
(a) April 6, 1996
(b) April 1, 1995
(c) March 9, 1996
(d) March 1, 1995

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What item does Katz throw out of his pack to lighten the weight?

4. What occupies Bryson's thoughts as he awaits springtime?

5. What is the primary role of the Forest Service?

(see the answer key)

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