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

2. What reason for wearing suspenders does William tell an older man in Wanchese?
(a) He buys bigger pants to tuck his layered shirts inside.
(b) He prefers them over belts.
(c) He thinks they look fashionable.
(d) His father gave them to him.

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

4. What is William's advice about finding good food to eat in small towns?
(a) Count the numbers of cars parked outside.
(b) If it smells good, go for it.
(c) The more calendars hanging on the wall, the better the food.
(d) Look at the pies first.

5. What does William name his truck for his journey across America?
(a) Pete.
(b) Piece o' junk.
(c) Ghost Dancing.
(d) Buddy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doris tell William about Wanchese, North Carolina?

2. What happens to William's van on the campus of East Carolina University?

3. What meal does William eat at the Retreat House with the monks at the end of "Eastward"?

4. What is the name of the inn in Jonesboro where Andrew Jackson almost got tarred and feathered?

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

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