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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 are the attractions in Gatlinburg?
(a) Motels, gift shops, restaurants, and a main street
(b) Historical sights
(c) A large zoo and amusement park
(d) Theatre districts

2. What did the future hold for Earl Schaffer?
(a) He got a job in Boston.
(b) He moved to California.
(c) He became a recluse in the backwoods of Pennsylvania.
(d) He became a tour guide for the Appalachian Trail.

3. What do Bryson and Katz plan to do after eight days of hiking?
(a) Call home
(b) Go to a movie
(c) Go to a bar
(d) Shower, watch TV, sleep, and do laundry

4. What is Bryson's longstanding impression of the woods?
(a) Woods are nature's ordered masterpiece
(b) Woods are spooky
(c) Woods are a great place to relax
(d) Woods are nature's library

5. What is the daydream of every hiker as they walk the trail?
(a) Something sweet and gooey to eat
(b) An endless supply of hot and cold drinks
(c) A new vehicle so I never have to walk about again
(d) A box spring and mattress

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of trees grew in the forest of the Appalachian Trail in 1948?

2. What is the name of the blind man who hikes the entire Appalachian Trail with his seeing eye dog?

3. The north point of the Appalachian Trail begins in which state?

4. Who is one of the most famous thru hikers of the Appalachian Trail?

5. Which food is Katz complaining about because Bryson left it behind?

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. What are some of the issues Bryson worries about with regard to hiking on the AT?

3. Explain the type of hiking that Bryson and Katz will have to do through the Smoky Mountains.

4. Summarize what Bryson does when he brings all his camping equipment home.

5. Summarize what Mary Ellen says about Bryson and Katz when she meets other hikers on the trail.

6. Summarize what Bryson reads about on winter nights before he sets out on the Appalachian Trail.

7. Summarize the secret pact that Bryson and Katz make about how to get to Hiawassee.

8. Describe the contrast between the weather in the south with the weather a hundred miles further north in Virginia.

9. Describe the forest of the Appalachian Trail in 1948.

10. Describe the physical condition of Bryson and Katz when they reach Clingman's Dome.

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