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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 do Barbara and William talk about over lunch?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Race relations.
(d) Philosophy.

2. Why is William stranded in Lafayette, Louisiana?
(a) Van was confiscated.
(b) Rain storm.
(c) No money for gas.
(d) Van broke down.

3. Who are James Walker and Charles Davis?
(a) William's cousins.
(b) Two young men in Selma, Alabama.
(c) Fishermen.
(d) Students.

4. How old is Marion?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Seventy-five.

5. Who led marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama?
(a) President Johnson.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) James Walker.
(d) Charles Davis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Pete when he was a young boy?

2. To what is Tom referring when he says 'If there's something better to eat, I never ate it"?

3. What does the college student at Mississippi College give William at breakfast in the student cafeteria?

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

5. What style house does Scott live in?

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