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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 was the name of the greatest hotel in the White Mountains?
(a) Mount Washington Hotel
(b) The Crawford House
(c) The Profile House
(d) Bretton Woods Hotel

2. What is the oldest shelter on the Appalachian Trail?
(a) Prospect Cabin
(b) Happy Hill Cabin
(c) Baker Peak Lodge
(d) Bromley Hut

3. Why do Bryson and Katz hike to old iron works?
(a) It has a cafeteria.
(b) It is a tourist attraction.
(c) It has a shelter.
(d) They are looking for a ride out of the wilderness.

4. What do Bryson and Katz have to cross over in the Maine woods?
(a) Farmland
(b) Man made rope ladders
(c) Wooden bridges
(d) Lagoons and rivers

5. What mountain inspired Melville's Moby Dick.
(a) Mount Lafayette
(b) Mount McKinley
(c) Mount Greylock
(d) Mount Washington

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bryson insist that they sleep in shelters from now on?

2. What does Katz tell Bryson he has to protect them from bears?

3. How does Bryson describe the town of Hanover where he lives?

4. How many Union troops does Stonewall Jackson capture at Harper's Ferry?

5. How do people get to the top of Mt. Washington if they do not hike?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Katz starts drinking again.

2. Describe what Bryson finds strange about the town of Centralia.

3. Explain why Mount Washington has such extreme weather conditions.

4. Summarize the plans Bryson and Katz make now that they have completed the first stage of their hiking journey.

5. Summarize Bryson's experience hiking in Pennsylvania.

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

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

8. Describe what is killing the hemlock trees along the AT in the Blue Ridge Mountains and how is it being treated.

9. Describe Bryson's thoughts on areas through which he thinks the Appalachian Trail should pass.

10. Describe the circumstances when Bryson comes close to becoming a hypothermia victim.

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