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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Bryson about his equipment shopping trip?
(a) The amount and prices of the gear exceed his expectations.
(b) There are very few options from which to choose.
(c) There is an extensive list of places to eat and sleep.
(d) Most of the equipment is simple to understand.

2. When were over half of all the offices and malls in America today built?
(a) Since the 1950's
(b) Since the 1980's
(c) Since the 1930's
(d) Since the 1970's

3. 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) Spend a little time with "each of the most stupid people on earth"
(c) Fall from a cliff 100 yards before the end of the trail
(d) To be treed by a bear and starve to death in the tree

4. How long is the average hike time for the complete trail?
(a) Four months
(b) 3 months
(c) 2 months
(d) 10 weeks

5. What do Katz and Bryson hear about Mary Ellen two days after they leave her behind?
(a) She dropped out with blisters on her feet.
(b) She got lost in the woods.
(c) She managed to get ahead of them.
(d) She is hiking with other hikers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the unexpected factor with the snowstorm?

2. Who sees hiking as a dirty, pointless endeavor?

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

4. What is Bryson's longstanding impression of the woods?

5. What do Bryson and Katz talk about as they dine in the Georgia Mountain Restaurant in Hiawassee?

(see the answer key)

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