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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens three or four times a day as Bryson and Katz hike the trail?
(a) Unplanned rest stops
(b) They meet some of the small cohort hiking in the same direction at the same pace
(c) Saws can be heard in the distance
(d) Animals in the woods are heard but not seen

2. What do Bryson and Katz decide to do when they see a full map of the Appalachian Trail?
(a) Plod ahead
(b) Skip fifty miles of trail
(c) Skip a few hundred miles of trail
(d) Give up on the hike

3. What are parts of the original Appalachian Trail plans that are never realized?
(a) Small clinics for treating minor injuries and bites
(b) Hostels, inns and woodland villages
(c) Bus roads for touring
(d) Memorial markers for great leaders and for ordinary people

4. What is the highest point on the Appalachian Trail?
(a) The Blue Ridge Mountains
(b) Crescent Ridge
(c) Pike's Peak
(d) Clingman's Dome

5. What is one of Bryson's fears about the hike?
(a) Security of the homestead
(b) Adequate funds to complete the hike is doubtful
(c) All the wildlife roaming about in the woods
(d) Time off from employment is frowned upon

6. Who joins Bryson and Katz on the morning hike after the snowstorm?
(a) Zeke and Festus
(b) Darren and Donna
(c) Jim and Heath from Chattanooga
(d) 8 college students

7. What does the far shore of Fontana Lake border?
(a) The boundary of the Tennessee Valley
(b) The boundary of Smoky Mountain National Park
(c) The southern boundary of Great Smoky Mountain National Park
(d) The boundary of North Carolina

8. What is causing Bryson and Katz to hurry the descent of Blood Mountain?
(a) A substantial storm is almost upon them
(b) Katz is sick and getting sicker
(c) Thoughts of Walasi-Yi Inn, having sandwiches and ice cream
(d) They have seen 3 bears

9. What is the amusement in the bunkhouse for about 30 minutes?
(a) Watching the stove slide on the slick floor
(b) Watching Katz trying to get in the third level bunk
(c) Watching the firewood explode in the stove
(d) Watching a camping crew try to fix the bunkhouse door

10. What is Bryson's joking impression of God's plan for him?
(a) Not realize he reached the end of AT, hike a thousand miles in to Canada
(b) To be treed by a bear and starve to death in the tree
(c) Spend a little time with "each of the most stupid people on earth"
(d) Fall from a cliff 100 yards before the end of the trail

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

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

13. What makes Bryson and Katz decide not to hike the whole Appalachian Trail?
(a) They miss their families.
(b) They see a map of the trail and realize they have so far to go.
(c) They are tired.
(d) They want to get home quicker.

14. What is an accurate description of Bryson and Katz's new friend?
(a) Intelligent
(b) Shy
(c) Funny
(d) Irritating

15. In what year is the Appalachian Trail formally completed?
(a) 1925
(b) 1952
(c) 1963
(d) 1937

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bryson conclude is the best advice in dealing with a bear in your midst?

2. How long is the average hike time for the complete trail?

3. Who gives Bryson gear shopping etiquette instructions?

4. Why is Katz determined to take a top bunk?

5. What creatures were living in Birch Spring Gap Shelter?

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