View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sees hiking as a dirty, pointless endeavor?
(a) Katz
(b) Bryson
(c) Bryson's wife
(d) Mary Ellen

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

3. What is the pack weight for the average Appalachian hiker?
(a) 40 pounds
(b) 50 pounds
(c) 45 pounds
(d) 35 pounds

4. What does the cabdriver suggest Bryson and Katz do to get to their destination?
(a) Catch the train
(b) Go by bus
(c) Rent a car
(d) Rent a motorscooter

5. How long is the Appalachian Trail?
(a) 1200 miles
(b) 2100 miles
(c) 2700 miles
(d) 800 miles

Short Answer Questions

1. When were over half of all the offices and malls in America today built?

2. Where is 12-year-old David Anderson mauled and killed by a black bear?

3. What is one of Bryson's fears about the hike?

4. What is the fate of any enterprise in America that does not reinvent itself?

5. Why is Katz determined to take a top bunk?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 249 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample