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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Katz stay in his room while staying in Waynesboro?
(a) He is catching up on sleep.
(b) A jealous husband is after him.
(c) He is watching the X-Files.
(d) He has a cold.

8. Which mountains are older than the oceans and continents?
(a) The Himalayas
(b) The Smokies
(c) The Rockies
(d) The Appalachians

9. What is the name of the mountain Bryson is hiking when it begins to rain?
(a) Mt. McKinley
(b) Mt. Washington
(c) Mt. Lafayette
(d) Mt. Killingly

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

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

12. How large were the Appalachian Mountains eons ago?
(a) As large as the Himalayas
(b) As large as the Rockies
(c) As large as the White Mountains
(d) As large as the Smokies

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

14. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bryson consider perfect about hiking in Vermont?

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

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

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

5. What does Bryson use as a confirmation that they are really in the wilderness?

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