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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Katz do because of loneliness and despair?
(a) He jumps into the river.
(b) He starts drinking again.
(c) He sits on the trail and refuses to move.
(d) He goes home.

2. What is located at the summit of Mt. Washington?
(a) An American flag
(b) A petting zoo
(c) A ranger station
(d) A cafeteria and gift shops

3. What does Bryson use as a confirmation that they are really in the wilderness?
(a) He sees a moose.
(b) He sees a bald eagle.
(c) He sees a bear.
(d) He cannot see the sky through the trees.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Bryson insist that they sleep in shelters from now on?
(a) Bryson is afraid of bears.
(b) Bryson's tent has a tear.
(c) Bryson's sleeping bag is not warm enough.
(d) Bryson is tired of the tent.

10. 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

11. Why does Katz leave the trail and go into the woods?
(a) He hears a bear.
(b) He hears someone calling for help.
(c) To wants to get water.
(d) He wants to be alone.

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

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

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

15. What does Bryson discover when it starts raining in the mountains of New England?
(a) He forgot his waterproof backpack.
(b) He forgot his boots.
(c) He forgot his rain jacket.
(d) He forgot his rain hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Katz join Bryson?

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

3. What does Bryson believe beauty has become for most Americans?

4. What happens to Katz in the Hundred Mile Wilderness?

5. What became of the grand hotels that were built on Mt. Washington?

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