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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were twenty miles of trail lopped off in 1958?
(a) Mount Washington to Tuckerman's Ravine
(b) New Hampshire to Vermont
(c) Gatlinburg to Knoxville
(d) Mount Oglethorpe to Springer Mountain

2. How long is the average hike time for the complete trail?
(a) 2 months
(b) Four months
(c) 10 weeks
(d) 3 months

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

4. What is the condition of Bryson's motel room in Hiawassee?
(a) Battered and dumpy
(b) Neat and clean
(c) Barely furnished
(d) Neat but unclean

5. What is the food Bryson has about which Katz gets excited?
(a) Cupcakes
(b) Candy bars
(c) Cheese
(d) Salami

6. How many people are attacked by bears each year on the entire AT?
(a) 150
(b) 135
(c) 25
(d) 160

7. Where does Bryson reside in the beginning of the book?
(a) Georgia
(b) New Hampshire
(c) Pennsylvania
(d) Maine

8. What is the strange move Katz makes when he realizes they have chosen too much food?
(a) He abandons the full cart in the aisle, gets an empty cart and starts over.
(b) He removes all items from the cart except the freeze dried.
(c) He removes most of the items then reloads with many canned beans.
(d) He removes all the crackers, cookies and candy.

9. What makes the trail easier for Bryson and Katz when they hike on after the snowstorm?
(a) Someone went through with a snowmobile, making a path.
(b) Bryson and Katz put spikes on their shoes.
(c) The snow melts quickly.
(d) A hiker before them patted down the snow.

10. What do Bryson and Katz begin hiking?
(a) The Blue Ridge Mountains
(b) The Rockies
(c) The White Mountains
(d) The Smokies

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

12. What is college student, Zack, doing about the snowbound situation?
(a) Assembling a posse to hike to Franklin for help.
(b) Attempting to radio his father for evacuation.
(c) Constructing a temporary hut to expand sleeping area.
(d) Renting a van and taking 15 hikers to the town of Franklin.

13. What does Bryson consider a miracle about the Appalachian Trail?
(a) The trail has millions of visitors.
(b) The trail has existed for six decades.
(c) The trail has changed so many times in six decades.
(d) The trail is not as hard as he thought.

14. How do Bryson and Katz feel once they realize they will never walk to Maine?
(a) Depressed
(b) Embarrassed
(c) Angry
(d) Liberated

15. What is the most compelling reason for Bryson to hike the trail?
(a) He wants to travel while he is still able.
(b) Parts of the trail have ties to his ancestors.
(c) The temperate zone forest is quickly vanishing.
(d) Funding is scarce and the trail may soon be discontinued.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an accurate description of Bryson and Katz's new friend?

2. Which is another of Bryson's fears?

3. What is the odd method Bryson uses to find a hiking partner?

4. What is the unexpected factor with the snowstorm?

5. Why are grizzly bears not a concern on the trail?

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