2. What is Bryson surprised to find at the first shelter?
(a) The shelter is teeming with bugs, spiders and crawlies
(b) The shelter has burned from a careless campfire
(c) A crowd of hikers
(d) The shelter has fallen in and has no roof

3. Which food is Katz complaining about because Bryson left it behind?
(a) Hersey chocolate
(b) Snickers bars
(c) Gummy bears
(d) Little Debbie snacks

4. What is college student, Zack, doing about the snowbound situation?
(a) Assembling a posse to hike to Franklin for help.
(b) Attempting to radio his father for evacuation.
(c) Renting a van and taking 15 hikers to the town of Franklin.
(d) Constructing a temporary hut to expand sleeping area.

5. What is the weather like in Virginia?
(a) Wintery
(b) Spring is in full swing.
(c) Rainy and cold
(d) Windy and cold

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

7. What is Katz planning to do in Franklin?
(a) Go to the movies
(b) Find a woman
(c) Idle in town for several days
(d) Go shopping

8. What are Bryson and Katz's reaction to the commercialism of Knoxville?
(a) They welcome it.
(b) They cannot wait to look around.
(c) They think it is ugly.
(d) It makes them want to get back to civilization.

9. What is the only accommodation available at the campground?
(a) A full-to-capacity bunkhouse
(b) A 10-person tent
(c) A heated sleeping platform
(d) Dilapidated cottages and trailers without heat

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

11. What does Bryson conclude is the best advice in dealing with a bear in your midst?
(a) Loudly sing a song because a bear will listen to unfamiliar sounds and will then depart.
(b) Always run and attempt to hide and the bear will lose interest.
(c) Never run and attempt to hide because the bear will always pursue.
(d) No one really knows; opinions vary and contradict each other.

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

13. Where do most hikers begin the Appalachian Trail?
(a) In September
(b) From south to north
(c) From north to south
(d) In October

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

15. What does Mary Ellen tell another hiker at Plumorchard Gap Shelter about Katz and Bryson?
(a) They helped her out alot.
(b) She is grateful for all they did for her.
(c) They are wimps.
(d) She is afraid on the trail without them.