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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Katz determined to take a top bunk?
(a) Odors at floor level are nauseating
(b) He distrusts most of the crowd
(c) He intends to sleep late in to the morning
(d) Heat rises

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

3. What is a common trade in northern Georgia?
(a) Hunting and meat packing
(b) Woodland crafts
(c) Whiskey making and bootlegging
(d) Fur trapping

4. Of what material are the shelters in the Rockies constructed?
(a) Plywood
(b) Brick
(c) Pine branches
(d) Stone

5. What did the future hold for Earl Schaffer?
(a) He became a tour guide for the Appalachian Trail.
(b) He got a job in Boston.
(c) He moved to California.
(d) He became a recluse in the backwoods of Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who gives Bryson gear shopping etiquette instructions?

3. What is Bryson's reply when Katz asks him how he got over the fallen tree across the trail?

4. Who is the first person to hike the Appalachian Trail in a single summer?

5. What is it about the airline person that prompts Bryson to question the man's intelligence?

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