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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 exciting event occurs at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) Peter's host threatens to kill him.
(b) An avalanche.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) Peter awakes and finds himself all alone.

2. Why is Peter surprised when he meets Homer?
(a) She is thirteen years old.
(b) She is an old woman.
(c) He is an old man.
(d) He is missing an arm.

3. In Chapter 7, what does Peter's host offer him?
(a) Some clean clothes.
(b) A new car.
(c) To take over his property.
(d) A hundred dollars.

4. Where are Peter and Cooper when Chapter 8 begins?
(a) Back in Washington.
(b) Several towns away from Homer.
(c) In Homer's house.
(d) In a shopping mall.

5. What does Peter learn in Fontana Village, North Carolina?
(a) That his father is ill.
(b) That he is almost to Louisiana.
(c) That president Kennedy was assassinated.
(d) That people have been catching the flu and dying from it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, the author begins to see signs. What are the signs for?

2. What horrible event occurs to Cooper in Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 11, what happens to Peter when Scott leaves?

4. Why does the lady at the diner give Peter a free meal?

5. What world event is occurring during the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Peter's life while in college.

2. Describe Peter's method for writing on his trip. How does Peter manage to not carry lots of writing supplies?

3. In Chapter 5, why does Peter decide walking in the mountains is pointless?

4. In Chapter 1, how does Peter feel about America? What does he decide to do? Why does he change his mind?

5. How is Peter helped in Chapter 5?

6. What holiday is approaching in Chapter 5? How do Peter and Cooper celebrate?

7. What political events are occurring at the time of this book. How does this influence Peter's journey?

8. Describe Cooper and how he came to live with Peter.

9. List some hardships that Peter faces in Chapter 5.

10. After Peter's interaction with the Special Bureau of Investigation officer what does he do?

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