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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Potomac Peak
(d) Washington Peak

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

3. What mountain inspired Melville's Moby Dick.
(a) Mount Lafayette
(b) Mount Greylock
(c) Mount McKinley
(d) Mount Washington

4. What do Bryson and Katz have to cross over in the Maine woods?
(a) Wooden bridges
(b) Man made rope ladders
(c) Lagoons and rivers
(d) Farmland

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

6. What does Bryson consider perfect about hiking in Vermont?
(a) Vermont has level, easy hiking trails.
(b) He can commute with his car and be home at night to sleep in his own bed.
(c) Vermont reminds him of England.
(d) Vermont has rolling fields and pleasant streams.

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

8. 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

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

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

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

12. Where do Katz and Bryson agree to continue their hike in August?
(a) The Hundred Mile Wilderness
(b) The White Mountains
(c) Pennsylvania
(d) Vermont

13. 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.

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

15. Where does Katz join Bryson?
(a) Mount Washington
(b) Hanover
(c) Killingsly
(d) Pike's Peak

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bryson's goal before he meets up with Katz again?

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

3. Who is Bryson's hiking partner on his day hikes in New Hampshire?

4. Who maintains the stone lodges which are located in the White Mountains?

5. Why does Katz leave the trail and go into the woods?

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