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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary Ellen tell another hiker at Plumorchard Gap Shelter about Katz and Bryson?
(a) They helped her out alot.
(b) She is afraid on the trail without them.
(c) She is grateful for all they did for her.
(d) They are wimps.

2. What is a common trade in northern Georgia?
(a) Woodland crafts
(b) Hunting and meat packing
(c) Fur trapping
(d) Whiskey making and bootlegging

3. What is the third state through which Bryson and Katz travel?
(a) Tennessee
(b) Maine
(c) Georgia
(d) North Carolina

4. Why does Bryson insist that they sleep in shelters from now on?
(a) Bryson's sleeping bag is not warm enough.
(b) Bryson is afraid of bears.
(c) Bryson is tired of the tent.
(d) Bryson's tent has a tear.

5. Who maps out the actual paths and begins construction?
(a) Martin A. Berry
(b) Washington Irving
(c) Charles Whitaker
(d) Myron Avery

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bryson's reply when Katz asks him how he got over the fallen tree across the trail?

2. Where do Bryson and Katz stay after eight days of hiking?

3. What does the far shore of Fontana Lake border?

4. Who sees hiking as a dirty, pointless endeavor?

5. What is the physical condition of Bryson and Katz when they reach Clingman's Dome?

(see the answer key)

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