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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, East by Southeast, Chapters 1-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does William describe the weather in Cookeville, Tennessee?
(a) Cold as the bottom of Dante's Hell.
(b) Rainy and sleeting.
(c) Too warm for him.
(d) As fine as a June day.

2. Why does William Least Heat-Moon decide to go on a driving trip across America?
(a) He loses his teaching job.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He has to get to New England in six months.
(d) He has always wanted to travel and now has money to do it.

3. What does Doris Walker own in Manteo, North Carolina?
(a) Fish House restaurant.
(b) Duchess of Dare restaurant.
(c) Ye Olde Diner.
(d) Countryside Comfort Food.

4. What slogan does the bank's advertising billboard have on it in Jonesboro, Tennessee?
(a) Think big, get rich.
(b) Open an account and receive a free gift.
(c) When you're better, you get bigger.
(d) We have loans for you.

5. Where does William sleep for the night after he comes down an Appalachian mountain into Morristown, Tennessee?
(a) Bank parking lot.
(b) Camp site.
(c) City shelter.
(d) Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does William begin his trip?

2. What kind of eyebrows does William describe Kermit Pell as having?

3. Where does William sleep most nights on his trip across America?

4. What reason for wearing suspenders does William tell an older man in Wanchese?

5. Whom were the towns of Manteo and Wanchese named after?

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