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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 killing all the hemlock trees along the Appalachian Trail?
(a) An aphid introduced from Asia
(b) Spiders
(c) Acid rain
(d) A fungus

2. What is Bryson afraid is staring at him when he sees two glowing eyes in the darkness?
(a) A wolf
(b) A skunk
(c) A cougar
(d) A bear

3. What does Katz tell Bryson he has to protect them from bears?
(a) Pepper spray
(b) A BB gun
(c) A toenail clipper
(d) A Bowie knife

4. Where does Katz join Bryson?
(a) Killingsly
(b) Pike's Peak
(c) Mount Washington
(d) Hanover

5. How many hotels were scattered in the White Mountains by the 1890's?
(a) 150
(b) 5
(c) 200
(d) 50

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the greatest hotel in the White Mountains?

2. Why do Bryson and Katz hike to old iron works?

3. What happens to Bryson and Katz in the lagoon at Moxie Bald Mountain?

4. How many miles of the Appalachian Trail run through Pennsylvania?

5. What does Bryson discover when he walks to Kmart in Waynesboro?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the weather conditions in which most people fall victim to hypothermia.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Explain why Katz starts drinking again.

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

7. Summarize what Katz does to pass the time while Bryson is at Kmart.

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

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

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

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