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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the total walking distance of the typical American in one week?
(a) 23 miles
(b) 7 miles
(c) 5 miles
(d) 1.4 miles

2. Who is the first person to hike the Appalachian Trail in a single summer?
(a) David Horton
(b) Earl Shaffer
(c) Bill Irwin
(d) Woodrow Murphey

3. Who sees hiking as a dirty, pointless endeavor?
(a) Bryson's wife
(b) Bryson
(c) Mary Ellen
(d) Katz

4. What are Katz and Bryson confronted with when they reach High Top?
(a) A raging river
(b) The Smoky Mountains
(c) A steep cliff
(d) A deep gorge

5. How many Union troops does Stonewall Jackson capture at Harper's Ferry?
(a) 570
(b) 12,500
(c) 5,500
(d) 256

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the town of Centralia?

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

3. How does Bryson feel about not hiking the entire Appalachian Trail?

4. What creatures were living in Birch Spring Gap Shelter?

5. What is causing Bryson and Katz to hurry the descent of Blood Mountain?

(see the answer key)

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