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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 does the far shore of Fontana Lake border?
(a) The boundary of North Carolina
(b) The boundary of Smoky Mountain National Park
(c) The boundary of the Tennessee Valley
(d) The southern boundary of Great Smoky Mountain National Park

2. What is the true creature of the Smokies?
(a) The possum
(b) The black bear
(c) The raccoon
(d) The salamander

3. What stands at Fontana Lake's western end?
(a) A large shelter
(b) An electric dam
(c) A cabin
(d) Huge spruce trees

4. What is the idea of Trail Magic that all AT hikers believe?
(a) Camp should be set by 6 p.m.
(b) A hiking party of five is a bad luck omen.
(c) Never stay more than two days in the same spot.
(d) When things look hopeless and will never change, along comes a positive change.

5. What was the famous event that took place in Dayton in 1925?
(a) Gangland shooting
(b) Scopes trial
(c) Flash flood
(d) Dayton tornado

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date Bryson and Katz begin their walk in the woods?

2. Who maps out the actual paths and begins construction?

3. What is the third state through which Bryson and Katz travel?

4. When were over half of all the offices and malls in America today built?

5. What is the highest point on the Appalachian Trail?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the two things Bryson is shocked about when he goes to buy equipment for the hike.

2. Summarize the realization that Bryson and Katz come to as they look at a map of the Appalachian Trail in Gatlinburg.

3. 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.

4. Explain why Bryson thinks woods are spooky.

5. Describe Stephen Katz, Bryson's hiking partner.

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

7. Summarize Katz's attitude toward hiking.

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

9. What is the reaction of Katz and Bryson when they come out of the wilderness to the civilization of Knoxville?

10. Describe the Chattahoochee Forest.

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