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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 is William struck by as he drives through Mississippi?
(a) The number of ducks by the side of the road.
(b) How many forests there are.
(c) Indian-sounding names.
(d) How fast he can drive on the highway.

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

3. Where does William travel to at the beginning of Section 8?
(a) Canada.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Wisconsin.

4. Who does William talk with in Charlie's bar in Shreveport, Louisiana?
(a) College students.
(b) Priest.
(c) A man who is a distant relative.
(d) A lady close to seventy.

5. How long has Tom's family been in the maple syrup business?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Five generations.
(c) Three years.
(d) Ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does William travel from the Adirondacks in New York to the state of Vermont?

2. Where did Marion once work?

3. How does William describe the generations who have lived on the Hopi Indian reservation?

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

5. What do James and Charles discuss with William?

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