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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Bryson while hiking in the rain?
(a) He catches a cold.
(b) He falls in the mud.
(c) He slips down a cliff.
(d) He comes close to hypothermia.

2. Why do Bryson and Katz hike to old iron works?
(a) They are looking for a ride out of the wilderness.
(b) It has a shelter.
(c) It is a tourist attraction.
(d) It has a cafeteria.

3. How many hotels were scattered in the White Mountains by the 1890's?
(a) 5
(b) 50
(c) 150
(d) 200

4. How do people get to the top of Mt. Washington if they do not hike?
(a) Horseback
(b) Bicycle riding
(c) Driving or cog railway
(d) Hay wagon

5. Where is Bryson's wife supposed to pick them up, now that the first stage of the hike is over?
(a) Mount Washington
(b) Front Royal
(c) Dalton
(d) Cabin Creek

6. What would Bryson like to see along the Appalachian Trail?
(a) Hotels
(b) Historic farms and villages
(c) Better accommodations
(d) Restaurants

7. What happens to Katz in the Hundred Mile Wilderness?
(a) He falls from a cliff.
(b) He gets swept downriver.
(c) He gets lost.
(d) He twists his ankle.

8. What has devastated a mountain of foliage in Palmerton?
(a) Grubs
(b) A zinc factory
(c) Gypsy moth caterpillars
(d) Fire ants

9. What do Katz and Bryson decide to stop pretending?
(a) To be friends
(b) To be tough guys
(c) To be mountain men
(d) To be through hikers

10. What is unusual about the town of Centralia?
(a) It has rare flowering trees.
(b) It has toxic waterways.
(c) It has a rare form of iron ore.
(d) An underground fire has been burning for decades.

11. Who is Bryson's hiking partner on his day hikes in New Hampshire?
(a) Mary Ellen
(b) Bill Abdu
(c) His wife
(d) Stephen Katz

12. For what is Bryson yearning?
(a) Real hiking
(b) Hiking with Katz
(c) A cheeseburger
(d) Seeing a black bear

13. How many Union troops does Stonewall Jackson capture at Harper's Ferry?
(a) 570
(b) 256
(c) 12,500
(d) 5,500

14. What is the estimate of people who hike the Appalachian Trail every year?
(a) One million
(b) Three or four million
(c) Three or four hundred
(d) Three or four thousand

15. What is the last long stretch of hiking for Katz and Bryson before ending the first part of their trek?
(a) Shenandoah National Park
(b) The Appalachian Mountains
(c) Hundred Mile Wilderness
(d) White Mountains

Short Answer Questions

1. How far had Bryson and Katz hiked when they parted ways?

2. What is the name of the mountain Bryson is hiking when it begins to rain?

3. What is it like hiking in the Hundred Miles Wilderness?

4. What is the percentage of through hikers who make it to the Hundred Mile Wilderness?

5. What do Bryson and Katz do when they reach the logging road?

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