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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What became of the grand hotels that were built on Mt. Washington?
(a) They grew larger and more prosperous.
(b) They burned down.
(c) They closed down one-by-one.
(d) They became tourist traps.

2. Who set up the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy in 1785?
(a) Alden Partridge
(b) Gene Greylock
(c) Michael McKinley
(d) Jeremy Washington

3. What happens to Katz in the Hundred Mile Wilderness?
(a) He gets lost.
(b) He gets swept downriver.
(c) He twists his ankle.
(d) He falls from a cliff.

4. What dangers do hikers have to watch for in Pennsylvania?
(a) Rattlesnakes and unreliable water sources
(b) Grizzly bears
(c) Cougars
(d) Wild boar

5. What is the estimate of people who hike the Appalachian Trail every year?
(a) Three or four hundred
(b) Three or four thousand
(c) Three or four million
(d) One million

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the town of Centralia?

2. What has devastated a mountain of foliage in Palmerton?

3. What is Chicken John's claim to fame?

4. How far had Bryson and Katz hiked when they parted ways?

5. Where is Bryson's wife supposed to pick them up, now that the first stage of the hike is over?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Summarize the weather conditions in which most people fall victim to hypothermia.

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

5. What is the decision that Bryson and Katz make after Katz gets lost in the woods.

6. Describe Kitattiny Mountain and how it was formed.

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

8. Summarize Bryson's experience hiking in Pennsylvania.

9. Describe Chicken John's claim to fame.

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

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