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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bryson describe the town of Hanover where he lives?
(a) A rowdy college town
(b) A busy, overcrowded town
(c) A quiet, boring town
(d) A small, typical New England college town

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

3. What is the percentage of through hikers who make it to the Hundred Mile Wilderness?
(a) 35
(b) 75
(c) 10
(d) 2

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

5. What does Bryson discover when he walks to Kmart in Waynesboro?
(a) Walking to Kmart is harder than hiking the Appalachian Trail.
(b) It is an easy walk along the highway.
(c) It is a short, boring walk.
(d) It is a pleasant, sunny walk.

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

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

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

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

10. Who maintains the stone lodges which are located in the White Mountains?
(a) The state of New Hampshire
(b) The Appalachian Mountain Club
(c) The National Forest Service
(d) The White Mountain Society

11. What is the mountain that is a wall of rock 1,300 feet high above the Delaware River?
(a) Kitattiny Mountain
(b) Potomac Mountain
(c) Washington Peak
(d) Potomac Peak

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

13. Which beautiful Appalachian ranges are at the north and west of Pennsylvania?
(a) Overland Mountain, Pike's Peak, and Jefferson Range
(b) Crescent Peak, Clingman's Bluff, and Tuckerman's Ravine
(c) Nittany, Jacks, and Tussey
(d) Washington, Lafayette, and McKinley

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

15. What became of the grand hotels that were built on Mt. Washington?
(a) They became tourist traps.
(b) They burned down.
(c) They grew larger and more prosperous.
(d) They closed down one-by-one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the weather conditions like on Mount Washington?

2. How do people get to the top of Mt. Washington if they do not hike?

3. What would Bryson like to see along the Appalachian Trail?

4. Which mountains are older than the oceans and continents?

5. What is Bryson afraid is staring at him when he sees two glowing eyes in the darkness?

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