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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the pack weight for the average Appalachian hiker?
(a) 40 pounds
(b) 35 pounds
(c) 50 pounds
(d) 45 pounds
2. Why is Katz determined to take a top bunk?
(a) He distrusts most of the crowd
(b) Odors at floor level are nauseating
(c) He intends to sleep late in to the morning
(d) Heat rises
3. What is a diversion available at the campground?
(a) Playing board games endlessly
(b) Listening to country music for endless hours
(c) Hanging out at the stove in the office
(d) Looking at hanging wall pictures of previous hikers
4. What item does Katz throw out of his pack to lighten the weight?
(a) Canned fruit
(b) A huge salami
(c) Coffee filters
(d) Cans of stew
5. What is the name of the amusement park Dolly Parton built in Gatlinburg?
(a) Dollywood
(b) Partonwood
(c) Partonville
(d) Dollyville
Short Answer Questions
1. Where were twenty miles of trail lopped off in 1958?
2. What is Bryson's longstanding impression of the woods?
3. What do Bryson and Katz talk about as they dine in the Georgia Mountain Restaurant in Hiawassee?
4. Which food is Katz complaining about because Bryson left it behind?
5. What does Bryson consider a miracle about the Appalachian Trail?
Short Essay Questions
1. Summarize the realization that Bryson and Katz come to as they look at a map of the Appalachian Trail in Gatlinburg.
2. Describe the weather as Bryson and Katz cross the ledge of Big Butt Mountain and reach Bearpen Gap.
3. Summarize what Mary Ellen says about Bryson and Katz when she meets other hikers on the trail.
4. As Bryson and Katz wait for a cabdriver, what do they suddenly decide about their destination?
5. Explain the type of hiking that Bryson and Katz will have to do through the Smoky Mountains.
6. How does Bryson summarize the quality of Appalachian Trail maps?
7. Why does Bryson describe his first day on the trail as hell?
8. Explain how a hiker manages to get on the Appalachian Trail at Amicola Falls State Park when it is seven miles from the nearest highway.
9. Summarize the plan that the Appalachian Trail Conference forms from Benton MacKaye's original idea.
10. Describe the bunkhouse at Rainbow Springs Campground.
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