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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 does William think of Dime Box, Texas?
(a) Too glitzy for him.
(b) It's a fun town.
(c) Very unsettling.
(d) Perfect setting for a Western movie.

2. What holiday is it when William wakes up in Cookeville, Tennessee?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Fourth of July.
(d) Easter.

3. How long does William drive without seeing a single town west of Eldorado, Texas?
(a) Sixty-two miles.
(b) One hundred miles.
(c) Seventy-five miles.
(d) Fifty miles.

4. What slogan does the bank's advertising billboard have on it in Jonesboro, Tennessee?
(a) We have loans for you.
(b) Open an account and receive a free gift.
(c) Think big, get rich.
(d) When you're better, you get bigger.

5. What is the weather when William wakes up in Morristown?
(a) Snowing.
(b) Hot.
(c) Cool and clear.
(d) Muggy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Virginia Been own in Hachita, New Mexico?

2. What does William eat that looks like an "airy tube the color of a thunderhead"?

3. How long did the Pony Express exist, according to William in Section 5?

4. What is advertised on the business card that Mr. Watkins gives to William?

5. What does the barmaid in Mickey's Place nickname William?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Portal Paradise?

2. Why does William name his van "Ghost Dancing"?

3. Who surprises William in Portal Paradise?

4. What do Barbara Pierre and William talk about over lunch?

5. When does William begin to question his plan to travel across America?

6. How does William describe Johnson City?

7. What figure in history is Dare County, North Carolina, named after?

8. What does William learn from meeting James Walker and Charles Davis?

9. What does William learn from Kendrick Fritz?

10. What kind of work does William do in Wanchese, North Carolina?

(see the answer keys)

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