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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the idea of Trail Magic that all AT hikers believe?
(a) A hiking party of five is a bad luck omen.
(b) Never stay more than two days in the same spot.
(c) When things look hopeless and will never change, along comes a positive change.
(d) Camp should be set by 6 p.m.

2. What is the description of Georgia highlanders?
(a) Constantly striving to gain acceptance
(b) Depraved, rude, uncivilized
(c) Exceedingly poor but happy
(d) Downtrodden and joyful

3. What is causing Bryson and Katz to hurry the descent of Blood Mountain?
(a) Thoughts of Walasi-Yi Inn, having sandwiches and ice cream
(b) Katz is sick and getting sicker
(c) They have seen 3 bears
(d) A substantial storm is almost upon them

4. What is Bryson's longstanding impression of the woods?
(a) Woods are nature's library
(b) Woods are nature's ordered masterpiece
(c) Woods are a great place to relax
(d) Woods are spooky

5. What is the highest point on the Appalachian Trail?
(a) The Blue Ridge Mountains
(b) Clingman's Dome
(c) Crescent Ridge
(d) Pike's Peak

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the third state through which Bryson and Katz travel?

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

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

5. What are the attractions in Gatlinburg?

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