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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were over half of all the offices and malls in America today built?
(a) Since the 1930's
(b) Since the 1970's
(c) Since the 1950's
(d) Since the 1980's

2. What prevents Bryson from continuing his hike in Pennsylvania when he is just hitting his stride?
(a) Tuckerman's Ravine
(b) Palmerton Gorge
(c) Lehigh Gap
(d) Centralia Mine

3. Where is 12-year-old David Anderson mauled and killed by a black bear?
(a) Northern Maine
(b) New York
(c) New Hampshire
(d) Quebec

4. Where is Gatlinburg located?
(a) Just outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
(b) Close to Waynesboro
(c) Just outside Knoxville
(d) Near Shenandoah Valley

5. What is Bryson's reply when Katz asks him how he got over the fallen tree across the trail?
(a) Bryson says that he went around it.
(b) Bryson says that he dug under it.
(c) Bryson says that he does not remember a tree.
(d) Bryson says that he stood on a rock.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What item does Katz throw out of his pack to lighten the weight?

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

4. What is the major drawback of AT trail maps?

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

(see the answer key)

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