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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joins Bryson and Katz in Gravel Springs Hut?
(a) John Connelly
(b) Loud, obnoxious hikers
(c) A father and son
(d) Chicken John

2. How does Bryson feel about not hiking the entire Appalachian Trail?
(a) He feels like a failure.
(b) He is disappointed.
(c) He feels good about it.
(d) He is angry at himself.

3. What do the dreary Georgia towns and the dreary people bring to mind?
(a) A series of last settlements as the area nears the point of logged out
(b) The movie, Deliverance
(c) A tough working class of people
(d) An ambitious people in process of improving their lot

4. What is the estimate of people who hike the Appalachian Trail every year?
(a) Three or four hundred
(b) One million
(c) Three or four thousand
(d) Three or four million

5. Where were twenty miles of trail lopped off in 1958?
(a) Mount Oglethorpe to Springer Mountain
(b) Gatlinburg to Knoxville
(c) Mount Washington to Tuckerman's Ravine
(d) New Hampshire to Vermont

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like in Virginia?

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

3. What is the date Bryson and Katz begin their walk in the woods?

4. Where does Bryson set up the tent for practice?

5. Why are grizzly bears not a concern on the trail?

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