A Walk in the Woods Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Bill Bryson
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A Walk in the Woods Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Bryson suggest he and Katz go to begin hiking again?
(a) Vermont
(b) Virginia
(c) Maryland
(d) Pennsylvania

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

3. What is the fate of any enterprise in America that does not reinvent itself?
(a) It continues to struggle.
(b) It is considered quaint.
(c) It is superseded or abandoned.
(d) It retains a loyal following

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

5. What is the name of the amusement park Dolly Parton built in Gatlinburg?
(a) Dollywood
(b) Partonwood
(c) Dollyville
(d) Partonville

6. What item does Katz throw out of his pack to lighten the weight?
(a) Cans of stew
(b) Canned fruit
(c) A huge salami
(d) Coffee filters

7. Where is 12-year-old David Anderson mauled and killed by a black bear?
(a) Northern Maine
(b) New York
(c) New Hampshire
(d) Quebec

8. Where do botanists consider the finest mix of mesophytic forest?
(a) The Smokies
(b) The Rockies
(c) The White Mountains
(d) The Blue Ridge Mountains

9. What is Bryson surprised to find at the first shelter?
(a) The shelter has burned from a careless campfire
(b) The shelter has fallen in and has no roof
(c) The shelter is teeming with bugs, spiders and crawlies
(d) A crowd of hikers

10. What stands at Fontana Lake's western end?
(a) A cabin
(b) An electric dam
(c) A large shelter
(d) Huge spruce trees

11. What is Bryson's longstanding impression of the woods?
(a) Woods are a great place to relax
(b) Woods are nature's library
(c) Woods are spooky
(d) Woods are nature's ordered masterpiece

12. What is the story Katz tells as they recline on Indian Grove Gap?
(a) A blind juggler used his two eyeballs that had been surgically removed.
(b) A turkey plucked out Grandpa Katz' eyeball and ate it.
(c) Grandma Katz was attacked by an impatient buzzard that ate her eyeball.
(d) A man snorted too much, one day popped an eyeball and the dog ate it.

13. What is the description of Georgia highlanders?
(a) Downtrodden and joyful
(b) Exceedingly poor but happy
(c) Depraved, rude, uncivilized
(d) Constantly striving to gain acceptance

14. Where is MacKaye's trail idea first published?
(a) In his hometown newspaper in Cambridge MA
(b) In the New York Times
(c) In an architectural journal
(d) In a guide for summer hiking

15. Where does Bryson set up the tent for practice?
(a) In his driveway
(b) In his neighbor's yard
(c) In his basement
(d) On his patio

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do most hikers begin the Appalachian Trail?

2. Where were twenty miles of trail lopped off in 1958?

3. What happens three or four times a day as Bryson and Katz hike the trail?

4. What are parts of the original Appalachian Trail plans that are never realized?

5. What is the unexpected factor with the snowstorm?

(see the answer keys)

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