A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

What did Bill Bryson and Stephen Katz set out to do?

• Hike the Appalachian Trail

• Find an old gold mine

• Scale the highest peaks in the Rockies

• Try camping in the wintertime

What event stood in their way of accomplishing their goal?

• A group of bears with rabies

• A freak winter storm

• A 30' washed out spot on the trail

• The U.S. Forest Service had closed the trail for maintenance

What problem have they endured since their hike began?

• Mud caused by rain has ruined their hiking shoes

• Their tent developed a rip the first night

• The U.S. Forest Service map is terrible

• A wolf has been stalking them

What time of year are they hiking?

• The first day of Spring

• A cold November

• A terribly hot July

• An unseasonably cool autumn

How do Bryson's poor preparations for this trip show up in the story?

• They should have brought climbing gear

• Their sleeping bags were not waterproof

• They ran out of food after only 3 days

• He didn't check the weather and he didn't get a good topo map

When they must find shelter, what change do they make in their hike?

• They reach a paved highway and hike on it to the shelter on their map

• They travel down a logging road hoping to locate the shelter

• They veer off onto a steep downhill trail that they may not be able to take back up

• They turn around and have to maneuver again through an icy 14" wide trail by a cliff

What is wrong when they first come upon the Forest Service shelter?

• It had burned down in a forest fire the previous year

• There are seven other hikers already bedded down in the shelter

• It is completely filled with snow and unusable

• Its opening faces the cold blowing wind and snow

What did they find inside the shelter?

• A mother bear and three cubs

• A father and son hiking duo

• A panther trying to stay warm and dry

• Blowing snow had completely filled it

Who are the protagonists in the story?

• Bryson and Katz

• The father and son hiking duo

• The Forest Rangers who rescue them

• The mother bear in the shelter with her cubs

Name the antagonist in the story making their lives miserable

• The Forest Rangers who told them they cannot stay in the shelter

• The father and son hiking duo

• The mother bear

• Mother Nature with the blizzard