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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the roads like in the Appalachian mountains that test William's driving skills?
(a) Filled with roadkill.
(b) Wet and bumpy.
(c) Too many stop signs.
(d) Straight.

2. What color suspenders does William wear while on his journey?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

3. What kind of work does William do for pay in Wanchese, North Carolina?
(a) Loads crates of hard-shell crabs.
(b) Prepares crab sandwiches.
(c) Scrubs boat deck.
(d) Goes crabbing.

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

5. How long did the Pony Express exist, according to William in Section 5?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Four years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Seventeen months.

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

7. Where does William sleep in Deming, New Mexico?
(a) College parking lot.
(b) YMCA.
(c) A room.
(d) Camp site.

8. Who says "To me, being Indian means being responsible to my people. Helping with the best tools. Who invented penicillin doesn't matter"?
(a) Kendrick Fritz.
(b) Gas station attendant.
(c) Author of "Zoom!"
(d) William.

9. With whom does William eat dinner in Shreveport?
(a) Professors.
(b) College students.
(c) His cousin.
(d) Strangers in a bar.

10. Who is Porfirio Sanchez?
(a) Town merchant.
(b) Hitchhiker.
(c) Radio disc jockey.
(d) Business owner.

11. What poet does William quote in his description of being stuck on top of the mountain pass road when he his headed to Cedar City?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Berry.
(c) Dickinson.
(d) Poe.

12. Where does William ride out a sandstorm while at the Hopi Indian reservation?
(a) Store.
(b) Community Center.
(c) Library.
(d) Restaurant.

13. What is the name of the road William takes in Arizona that is mountainous and has a sign "Impassable to Trailers"?
(a) Mountain Road.
(b) Route 146.
(c) Sky High Road.
(d) Onion Saddle Road.

14. Where does William look for his relative's tombstone with Noel Jones?
(a) Cookeville.
(b) Greensboro.
(c) Jonesboro.
(d) Sandy Creek.

15. What does William eat that looks like an "airy tube the color of a thunderhead"?
(a) Dried scorpions.
(b) Candy.
(c) Hopi cornflakes.
(d) Cotton candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What branch of the military was William in when he hurt his leg?

2. What state is William in when he marks one thousand miles into his journey?

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

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

5. What does William worry about most when he is stuck on top of the mountains while trying to get to Cedar City?

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