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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 name of the mountain Bryson is hiking when it begins to rain?
(a) Mt. Lafayette
(b) Mt. Washington
(c) Mt. McKinley
(d) Mt. Killingly

2. What would Bryson like to see along the Appalachian Trail?
(a) Better accommodations
(b) Restaurants
(c) Historic farms and villages
(d) Hotels

3. What are the weather conditions when most people are victims to hypothermia?
(a) Blizzard conditions
(b) Rain and wind
(c) Freezing temperatures
(d) Temperate weather

4. Why does Katz leave the trail and go into the woods?
(a) He wants to be alone.
(b) He hears someone calling for help.
(c) To wants to get water.
(d) He hears a bear.

5. How many miles of the Appalachian Trail run through Pennsylvania?
(a) 120 miles
(b) 145 miles
(c) 230 miles
(d) 50 miles

Short Answer Questions

1. What is killing all the hemlock trees along the Appalachian Trail?

2. What is the total walking distance of the typical American in one week?

3. What does Katz tell Bryson he has to protect them from bears?

4. How far had Bryson and Katz hiked when they parted ways?

5. How many hotels were scattered in the White Mountains by the 1890's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Bryson's experience hiking in Pennsylvania.

2. Describe what Bryson finds strange about the town of Centralia.

3. How do Bryson and Katz adapt to hiking through Maine's wilderness?

4. Describe what is killing the hemlock trees along the AT in the Blue Ridge Mountains and how is it being treated.

5. Describe the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

6. What is the decision that Bryson and Katz make after Katz gets lost in the woods.

7. Summarize the plans Bryson and Katz make now that they have completed the first stage of their hiking journey.

8. Summarize the behavior of the hikers that Bryson and Katz meet in Gravel Springs Hut.

9. Explain why Mount Washington has such extreme weather conditions.

10. Explain why Katz starts drinking again.

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