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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8, North by Northeast, Chapters 1-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poet does William quote in his description of being stuck on top of the mountain pass road when he his headed to Cedar City?
(a) Poe.
(b) Dickinson.
(c) Berry.
(d) Whitman.

2. What do James and Charles discuss with William?
(a) Food.
(b) Sports.
(c) College writing classes.
(d) Race relations.

3. What kind of weather does William hope to find in Cedar City, Utah?
(a) Hot.
(b) Breezy and warm.
(c) Humid.
(d) Cool.

4. With whom does William eat dinner in Shreveport?
(a) Professors.
(b) College students.
(c) Strangers in a bar.
(d) His cousin.

5. Where does William stop to eat lunch in Vicksburg, Mississippi?
(a) Civil War earthworks.
(b) Italian eatery.
(c) Run-down diner.
(d) Bakery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money did an seventy-three-year-old Canadian woman win at the casino in Reno, Nevada?

3. How long has Tom's family been in the maple syrup business?

4. What is a saguaro?

5. What kind of food and music does William enjoy in a bar named Eric's in Louisiana?

(see the answer key)

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