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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, West by Southwest, Chapters 1-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Watkins serve Mr. Watkins for breakfast?
(a) Juice.
(b) Milk.
(c) Sanka.
(d) Tea.

2. What kind of bird made a hole in the statue of Sir Walter Raleigh in Manteo, North Carolina?
(a) Blue jay.
(b) Woodpecker.
(c) Starling
(d) Chickadee.

3. What poet said "Memory is a kind of accomplishment" that William thinks of as he drives toward Dime Box?
(a) Yeats.
(b) William Carlos Williams.
(c) Donne.
(d) Dante.

4. What state is William in when he marks one thousand miles into his journey?
(a) Florida.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) South Dakota.

5. What do the Thurmonds in Tennessee feed to William before sending him on his way?
(a) Lunch and buttermilk pie.
(b) Pumpkin bread.
(c) Chowder.
(d) Beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a saguaro?

2. How long did the Pony Express exist, according to William in Section 5?

3. Where does Barbara Pierre invite William to have lunch with her?

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

5. What is William struck by as he drives through Mississippi?

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