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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10, Westward, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does William call from a pay phone in western Oregon?
(a) His wife.
(b) The police.
(c) A fellow teacher.
(d) Barbara Pierre.

2. What were the Rappites?
(a) Artist group.
(b) Ohio rock formations.
(c) Religious sect of the 1800s.
(d) Rock group.

3. Where does William sleep one night in Depoe Bay?
(a) Campground.
(b) In his van on the waterfront.
(c) In a sleeping bag on the beach.
(d) Motel.

4. 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 is bored.
(c) He loses his teaching job.
(d) He has always wanted to travel and now has money to do it.

5. What story does Noel tell William when they are standing by the location of an old spring?
(a) A woman who mistakenly beat a rug with her child rolled up in it.
(b) Civil War battle.
(c) Town lore about a bear attack.
(d) Runaway train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Brother Bob have before he became a monk?

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

3. What is the occupation of the male relative William wants to learn more about?

4. Where does William sleep the first night he is in West Virginia?

5. What reception does William receive from people in the Hopi Indian reservation?

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