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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, South by Southwest, Chapters 1-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with Porfirio's leg?
(a) It is swollen from the heat.
(b) He can't bend it.
(c) It's sunburned.
(d) He cut it in an accident.

2. What kind of eyebrows does William describe Kermit Pell as having?
(a) Groucho Marx.
(b) White.
(c) Wispy.
(d) Delicate.

3. What is the weather when William wakes up in Morristown?
(a) Muggy.
(b) Hot.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Cool and clear.

4. What holiday is it when William wakes up in Cookeville, Tennessee?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Easter.
(d) Fourth of July.

5. What state does William meet Bob Andriot, Tony Harkin, and Kirk Littefield in?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Iowa.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Kentucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What town in Tennessee is William's favorite name of all the towns he visits on his journey?

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

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

4. What name do they have for the wind around Fort Stockton, Texas?

5. Why does William Least Heat-Moon decide to go on a driving trip across America?

(see the answer key)

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