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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 unexpected factor with the snowstorm?
(a) The fierce wind
(b) The total lack of wind
(c) Rapid accumulation
(d) Sudden onset

2. What creatures were living in Birch Spring Gap Shelter?
(a) Rats
(b) Skunks
(c) Mice
(d) Chipmunks

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

4. How are Bryson and Katz covering the last 11 miles to Hiawassee?
(a) A very fast walking pace
(b) Hitchhiking
(c) A very slow walking pace
(d) An unusual number of sitting rest stops

5. The north point of the Appalachian Trail begins in which state?
(a) Pennsylvania
(b) Virginia
(c) Maine
(d) Georgia

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What surprises Bryson about his equipment shopping trip?

3. How do Katz and Bryson get to Knoxville?

4. What types of trees grew in the forest of the Appalachian Trail in 1948?

5. What is the daydream of every hiker as they walk the trail?

(see the answer key)

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