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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Highway.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How large is the nursery?
(a) 20 feet across by 20 feet long and 35 feet high.
(b) 40 feet across by 40 feet long and 30 feet high.
(c) 60 feet across by 35 feet long and 30 feet high.
(d) 75 feet across by 55 feet long and 40 feet high.

2. Which cluster of meteors does Stone believe he is floating in?
(a) Myrmidone cluster.
(b) Pleiades cluster.
(c) Aquarid cluster.
(d) Aquarius cluster.

3. What food is Hattie Johnson making when the news comes that a rocket is coming?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Soup.
(c) Bacon
(d) Chili.

4. What color paint does Willie use to paint signs on the trolley cars?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

5. How was Willie's mother killed?
(a) Shot.
(b) Burned.
(c) Hung.
(d) Stabbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of "Highway", how long has it been since Hernando has seen a car on the road?

2. How much does Willie believe that the whites should be paid an hour?

3. What does the narrator eat the afternoon he meets the Illustrated Man?

4. When were the Illustrations put on the man's body?

5. What type of rock does a woman use to grind corn?

(see the answer key)

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