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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 do Bryson and Katz do when they reach the logging road?
(a) Take a nap
(b) Hitchhike
(c) Pitch the tent
(d) Eat lunch
2. What is unusual about the town of Centralia?
(a) An underground fire has been burning for decades.
(b) It has a rare form of iron ore.
(c) It has rare flowering trees.
(d) It has toxic waterways.
3. Which beautiful Appalachian ranges are at the north and west of Pennsylvania?
(a) Nittany, Jacks, and Tussey
(b) Overland Mountain, Pike's Peak, and Jefferson Range
(c) Crescent Peak, Clingman's Bluff, and Tuckerman's Ravine
(d) Washington, Lafayette, and McKinley
4. Who joins Bryson and Katz in one of the Shenandoah shelters?
(a) A newlywed couple
(b) The Boy Scouts
(c) Mary Ellen
(d) Park rangers
5. Why do Bryson and Katz hike to old iron works?
(a) It has a cafeteria.
(b) It is a tourist attraction.
(c) It has a shelter.
(d) They are looking for a ride out of the wilderness.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many miles of the Appalachian Trail run through Pennsylvania?
2. What is the percentage of through hikers who make it to the Hundred Mile Wilderness?
3. What are the weather conditions like on Mount Washington?
4. What is the oldest shelter on the Appalachian Trail?
5. Why does Katz stay in his room while staying in Waynesboro?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Bryson and Katz adapt to hiking through Maine's wilderness?
2. Summarize the behavior of the hikers that Bryson and Katz meet in Gravel Springs Hut.
3. Summarize Bryson's experience hiking in Pennsylvania.
4. Describe Bryson's thoughts on areas through which he thinks the Appalachian Trail should pass.
5. Summarize what Katz does to pass the time while Bryson is at Kmart.
6. Describe how Bryson returns to the hotel room in Waynesboro after he walks to Kmart.
7. Describe Chicken John's claim to fame.
8. What has Mount Greylock, the highest peak in Massachusetts, inspired?
9. Describe what is killing the hemlock trees along the AT in the Blue Ridge Mountains and how is it being treated.
10. Describe what Bryson finds strange about the town of Centralia.
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