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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 does Bryson discover when he walks to Kmart in Waynesboro?
(a) It is a short, boring walk.
(b) It is a pleasant, sunny walk.
(c) It is an easy walk along the highway.
(d) Walking to Kmart is harder than hiking the Appalachian Trail.

2. 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

3. What happens to Bryson while hiking in the rain?
(a) He slips down a cliff.
(b) He falls in the mud.
(c) He comes close to hypothermia.
(d) He catches a cold.

4. How do people get to the top of Mt. Washington if they do not hike?
(a) Driving or cog railway
(b) Hay wagon
(c) Horseback
(d) Bicycle riding

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the weather conditions like on Mount Washington?

2. What is Bryson afraid is staring at him when he sees two glowing eyes in the darkness?

3. Where is Bryson's wife supposed to pick them up, now that the first stage of the hike is over?

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

5. When does Bryson get back on the trail for day hikes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Summarize Bryson's experience hiking in Pennsylvania.

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

4. Explain why Katz starts drinking again.

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. Describe Kitattiny Mountain and how it was formed.

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