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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joins Bryson and Katz in one of the Shenandoah shelters?
(a) The Boy Scouts
(b) Park rangers
(c) A newlywed couple
(d) Mary Ellen

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

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

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

5. Who is one of the most famous thru hikers of the Appalachian Trail?
(a) John Connelly
(b) Chicken John
(c) Crazy Bob
(d) Emma Grandma Gatewood

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the last long stretch of hiking for Katz and Bryson before ending the first part of their trek?

3. How many people are attacked by bears each year on the entire AT?

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

5. What is the story Katz tells as they recline on Indian Grove Gap?

(see the answer key)

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