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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 Katz planning to do in Franklin?
(a) Idle in town for several days
(b) Find a woman
(c) Go to the movies
(d) Go shopping

2. How do Bryson and Katz feel once they realize they will never walk to Maine?
(a) Depressed
(b) Angry
(c) Embarrassed
(d) Liberated

3. Where does Bryson reside in the beginning of the book?
(a) Maine
(b) New Hampshire
(c) Georgia
(d) Pennsylvania

4. While Bryson climbs the first mountain, what is Katz doing well behind him?
(a) Making coffee and eating sugary snacks
(b) Throwing items out of his heavy pack in a fit of temper
(c) Sitting while reading maps
(d) Pitching camp in midday for the upcoming night

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the description of Georgia highlanders?

2. What is the unexpected factor with the snowstorm?

3. What surprises Bryson about his equipment shopping trip?

4. Why is Katz walking most places at the time he calls Bill?

5. What is the pack weight for the average Appalachian hiker?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Katz's attitude toward hiking.

2. Describe the weather as Bryson and Katz cross the ledge of Big Butt Mountain and reach Bearpen Gap.

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

4. Describe the vision Benton MacKaye has for Appalachian Trail.

5. Why do Bryson and Katz feel guilty about leaving Mary Ellen behind in the woods?

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

7. Summarize the plan that the Appalachian Trail Conference forms from Benton MacKaye's original idea.

8. Summarize the weather report the man at the airport check-in gives to Bryson and Katz as they prepare to leave for the Appalachian Trail.

9. Summarize why the US Forest Service builds so many roads.

10. Explain why Bryson thinks woods are spooky.

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