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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the oldest shelter on the Appalachian Trail?

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

4. What became of the grand hotels that were built on Mt. Washington?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kitattiny Mountain and how it was formed.

2. Summarize Bryson's experience hiking in Pennsylvania.

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

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

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

6. Explain why Katz starts drinking again.

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

8. How do Bryson and Katz adapt to hiking through Maine's wilderness?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the damage to the environment that Bryson and Katz witness as they hike the Appalachian Trail.

2) Include the day hikes Bryson takes in Pennsylvania in the evaluation of environmental issues.

3) Analyze the men's reaction to what they see. Discuss.

Essay Topic 2

1) Analyze the resolution of the story as it relates to each of the characters in the novel.

2) Explain the metamorphosis each of them experiences in the final chapter.

3) How has their experiences on the trail affected their attitudes toward the future?

Essay Topic 3

1) Interpret the feelings Bryson and Katz have for the trail in the first part of the novel with the emotions and reaction they have later in the novel.

2) What regrets do they have at the end of the novel with regard to their journey?

3) How does their relationship differ from the first part of the novel?

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