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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 was the name of the greatest hotel in the White Mountains?
(a) Mount Washington Hotel
(b) The Profile House
(c) The Crawford House
(d) Bretton Woods Hotel

2. For what is Bryson yearning?
(a) Real hiking
(b) Seeing a black bear
(c) Hiking with Katz
(d) A cheeseburger

3. What do Bryson and Katz do when they reach the logging road?
(a) Pitch the tent
(b) Hitchhike
(c) Take a nap
(d) Eat lunch

4. How many Union troops does Stonewall Jackson capture at Harper's Ferry?
(a) 12,500
(b) 256
(c) 570
(d) 5,500

5. Who joins Bryson and Katz in Gravel Springs Hut?
(a) Chicken John
(b) A father and son
(c) John Connelly
(d) Loud, obnoxious hikers

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the weather conditions when most people are victims to hypothermia?

2. What is the historical significance of Harper's Ferry?

3. Who is Bryson's hiking partner on his day hikes in New Hampshire?

4. What is the name of the mountain Bryson is hiking when it begins to rain?

5. Why does Katz stay in his room while staying in Waynesboro?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize why Bryson is so angry about Katz drinking again.

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

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

4. What has Mount Greylock, the highest peak in Massachusetts, inspired?

5. Describe Bryson's thoughts on areas through which he thinks the Appalachian Trail should pass.

6. Describe the circumstances when Bryson comes close to becoming a hypothermia victim.

7. Describe how Bryson returns to the hotel room in Waynesboro after he walks to Kmart.

8. Describe Kitattiny Mountain and how it was formed.

9. Explain why Katz starts drinking again.

10. Summarize the statistics Laurie Potteiger, the Information Specialist at Harper's Ferry, gives to Bryson about the number of thru hikers who hiked the Appalachian Trail the year before.

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