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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bryson say is his universe while he is on the Appalachian Trail?
(a) Waiting to rest for the night
(b) The forest
(c) Thinking about getting to the next town
(d) Thinking of home

2. What is the pack weight for the average Appalachian hiker?
(a) 35 pounds
(b) 45 pounds
(c) 50 pounds
(d) 40 pounds

3. What is college student, Zack, doing about the snowbound situation?
(a) Assembling a posse to hike to Franklin for help.
(b) Attempting to radio his father for evacuation.
(c) Renting a van and taking 15 hikers to the town of Franklin.
(d) Constructing a temporary hut to expand sleeping area.

4. Where do Katz and Bryson agree to continue their hike in August?
(a) The White Mountains
(b) Vermont
(c) Pennsylvania
(d) The Hundred Mile Wilderness

5. What stands at Fontana Lake's western end?
(a) An electric dam
(b) A cabin
(c) Huge spruce trees
(d) A large shelter

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do botanists consider the finest mix of mesophytic forest?

2. What are Bryson and Katz's reaction to the commercialism of Knoxville?

3. What is the record for the longest section hike along the Appalachian Trail?

4. What is the weather like in Virginia?

5. What is the odd method Bryson uses to find a hiking partner?

(see the answer key)

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