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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 southern boundary of Great Smoky Mountain National Park
(b) The boundary of Smoky Mountain National Park
(c) The boundary of North Carolina
(d) The boundary of the Tennessee Valley

2. What is the story Katz tells as they recline on Indian Grove Gap?
(a) Grandma Katz was attacked by an impatient buzzard that ate her eyeball.
(b) A turkey plucked out Grandpa Katz' eyeball and ate it.
(c) A man snorted too much, one day popped an eyeball and the dog ate it.
(d) A blind juggler used his two eyeballs that had been surgically removed.

3. Who sees hiking as a dirty, pointless endeavor?
(a) Bryson
(b) Mary Ellen
(c) Bryson's wife
(d) Katz

4. What is the weather like in Virginia?
(a) Wintery
(b) Spring is in full swing.
(c) Rainy and cold
(d) Windy and cold

5. Which group is responsible for the maintenance of the trail?
(a) U. S. Department of Environmental Affairs
(b) Solely volunteer groups
(c) National Park Service
(d) U. S. Department of the Interior

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What creatures were living in Birch Spring Gap Shelter?

3. What do Bryson and Katz decide to do when they see a full map of the Appalachian Trail?

4. While Bryson climbs the first mountain, what is Katz doing well behind him?

5. What are Bryson and Katz's reaction to the commercialism of Knoxville?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the bunkhouse at Rainbow Springs Campground.

3. Summarize the accomplishments of Earl V. Shaffer during the summer of 1948.

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

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

6. Summarize the details of the National Trails System Act which was passed in 1968.

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

8. Explain why Katz is angry with Bryson when he says that they are leaving Rainbow Springs in the morning to get back 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. Explain the type of hiking that Bryson and Katz will have to do through the Smoky Mountains.

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