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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens three or four times a day as Bryson and Katz hike the trail?
(a) Animals in the woods are heard but not seen
(b) Saws can be heard in the distance
(c) Unplanned rest stops
(d) They meet some of the small cohort hiking in the same direction at the same pace

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

3. What is Katz planning to do in Franklin?
(a) Go shopping
(b) Go to the movies
(c) Idle in town for several days
(d) Find a woman

4. What are Bryson and Katz's reaction to the commercialism of Knoxville?
(a) They think it is ugly.
(b) They cannot wait to look around.
(c) They welcome it.
(d) It makes them want to get back to civilization.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the new friend Bryson and Katz meet on the trail?

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

3. What are parts of the original Appalachian Trail plans that are never realized?

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

5. Why is Katz walking most places at the time he calls Bill?

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