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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 unusual about the town of Centralia?
(a) It has rare flowering trees.
(b) It has a rare form of iron ore.
(c) An underground fire has been burning for decades.
(d) It has toxic waterways.

2. What is the mountain that is a wall of rock 1,300 feet high above the Delaware River?
(a) Potomac Mountain
(b) Washington Peak
(c) Kitattiny Mountain
(d) Potomac Peak

3. What is the estimate of people who hike the Appalachian Trail every year?
(a) One million
(b) Three or four million
(c) Three or four thousand
(d) Three or four hundred

4. When does Bryson get back on the trail for day hikes?
(a) The end of June
(b) The end of May
(c) The middle of July
(d) The beginning of June

5. Why do Bryson and Katz hike to old iron works?
(a) They are looking for a ride out of the wilderness.
(b) It has a shelter.
(c) It is a tourist attraction.
(d) It has a cafeteria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Katz and Bryson decide to stop pretending?

2. How do people get to the top of Mt. Washington if they do not hike?

3. Who joins Bryson and Katz in Gravel Springs Hut?

4. Which beautiful Appalachian ranges are at the north and west of Pennsylvania?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Explain why Katz starts drinking again.

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

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