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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it like hiking in the Hundred Miles Wilderness?
(a) It is pleasant and relaxing.
(b) It is a casual walk.
(c) It is easier than the rest of the trail.
(d) It is slow and difficult.

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

3. How many miles of the Appalachian Trail run through Pennsylvania?
(a) 50 miles
(b) 145 miles
(c) 120 miles
(d) 230 miles

4. What is the historical significance of Harper's Ferry?
(a) This is the first ferry in West Virginia.
(b) This is where John Brown and his men capture the Federal army in an attempt to liberate the slaves.
(c) This is where the first riverboat is set afloat.
(d) This is the first ferry built along the Appalachian Trail.

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

6. What are the weather conditions like on Mount Washington?
(a) The weather is extreme and quickly changes.
(b) The weather is usually warm and sunny.
(c) The weather is balmy.
(d) The weather is calm.

7. What is the total walking distance of the typical American in one week?
(a) 23 miles
(b) 1.4 miles
(c) 5 miles
(d) 7 miles

8. What was the name of the greatest hotel in the White Mountains?
(a) The Crawford House
(b) Bretton Woods Hotel
(c) The Profile House
(d) Mount Washington Hotel

9. What dangers do hikers have to watch for in Pennsylvania?
(a) Wild boar
(b) Cougars
(c) Grizzly bears
(d) Rattlesnakes and unreliable water sources

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

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

12. Who joins Bryson and Katz in Gravel Springs Hut?
(a) Loud, obnoxious hikers
(b) A father and son
(c) Chicken John
(d) John Connelly

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

14. What is the oldest shelter on the Appalachian Trail?
(a) Happy Hill Cabin
(b) Baker Peak Lodge
(c) Bromley Hut
(d) Prospect Cabin

15. What is Chicken John's claim to fame?
(a) He has hiked the trail seven times.
(b) He eats chickens every day.
(c) He hikes the trail every year.
(d) He has been hiking the trail for half a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Bryson and Katz in the lagoon at Moxie Bald Mountain?

2. How many hotels were scattered in the White Mountains by the 1890's?

3. For what is Bryson yearning?

4. What happens to Bryson while hiking in the rain?

5. Why does Bryson insist that they sleep in shelters from now on?

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