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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 story Katz tells as they recline on Indian Grove Gap?
(a) A blind juggler used his two eyeballs that had been surgically removed.
(b) A man snorted too much, one day popped an eyeball and the dog ate it.
(c) Grandma Katz was attacked by an impatient buzzard that ate her eyeball.
(d) A turkey plucked out Grandpa Katz' eyeball and ate it.

2. What does Katz tell Bryson he has to protect them from bears?
(a) A Bowie knife
(b) Pepper spray
(c) A toenail clipper
(d) A BB gun

3. What kills the Chestnut trees along the Appalachian Trail?
(a) Poisonous aphids
(b) Root rot
(c) Grubs
(d) A deadly Asian fungus

4. Why are grizzly bears not a concern on the trail?
(a) Disease unique to the grizzly bear has wiped out the population.
(b) The Park Service shoots all grizzly bears on sight.
(c) Grizzly bears do not roam east of the Mississippi River.
(d) The black bear population has driven off the grizzly bears.

5. What do Bryson and Katz talk about as they dine in the Georgia Mountain Restaurant in Hiawassee?
(a) The great food in the finest restaurants in Boston and New York
(b) The pros and cons of renting a mule
(c) The life and times of a cockroach
(d) The abandonment of their uninvited hiking partner

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Bryson's wife supposed to pick them up, now that the first stage of the hike is over?

2. What makes the trail easier for Bryson and Katz when they hike on after the snowstorm?

3. What is the weather like in Virginia?

4. What is the idea of Trail Magic that all AT hikers believe?

5. What does Bryson want to do right after getting cleaned up?

(see the answer key)

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