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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group is responsible for the maintenance of the trail?
(a) National Park Service
(b) U. S. Department of the Interior
(c) Solely volunteer groups
(d) U. S. Department of Environmental Affairs

2. What does railroad man, Henry Bagley, do in 1890?
(a) Builds labor housing in the woods, laborers ignite a huge forest fire
(b) Begins Georgia clear cutting that lasts about forty years
(c) Builds a small town in the clear cut, with train service to Atlanta
(d) Lays railroad track that disrupts the continuity of the trail

3. What is David Anderson doing when the bear attacks?
(a) Eating a Snickers bar
(b) Cooking hamburgers
(c) Making too much noise in the woods
(d) Sleeping in his tent

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

5. What does Bryson notice while walking the trail in Georgia?
(a) Infrequent swarms of biting flies
(b) Hours of quiet solitude
(c) Surrounding woods bring on almost a trance like state
(d) Paper and plastic bottle litter

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Katz planning to do in Franklin?

2. What is the condition of Bryson's motel room in Hiawassee?

3. What does Bryson discover when it starts raining in the mountains of New England?

4. What is the name of the blind man who hikes the entire Appalachian Trail with his seeing eye dog?

5. Why is Katz walking most places at the time he calls Bill?

(see the answer key)

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