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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Barbara Pierre invite William to have lunch with her?
(a) Her apartment.
(b) McDonalds.
(c) Local cafe.
(d) French restaurant.

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

3. How does William describe the generations who have lived on the Hopi Indian reservation?
(a) Resourceful and patient.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Talkative.
(d) Messy.

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

5. Whom were the towns of Manteo and Wanchese named after?
(a) Indian interpreters.
(b) Plant names.
(c) English explorers.
(d) English towns.

6. 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.

7. How does William describe the weather in Cookeville, Tennessee?
(a) As fine as a June day.
(b) Cold as the bottom of Dante's Hell.
(c) Too warm for him.
(d) Rainy and sleeting.

8. Who led marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Charles Davis.
(c) President Johnson.
(d) James Walker.

9. What does "day down" mean?
(a) Carolinian for sun down.
(b) The day after.
(c) The day before.
(d) Late at night.

10. Where does William stop to eat lunch in Vicksburg, Mississippi?
(a) Run-down diner.
(b) Italian eatery.
(c) Civil War earthworks.
(d) Bakery.

11. What is the name of the inn in Jonesboro where Andrew Jackson almost got tarred and feathered?
(a) Stage Coach Inn.
(b) Inn at Jonesboro.
(c) Chester Inn.
(d) River Inn.

12. 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.

13. What does William think of Dime Box, Texas?
(a) Very unsettling.
(b) Too glitzy for him.
(c) Perfect setting for a Western movie.
(d) It's a fun town.

14. What is one thing Mrs. Watkins likes to have for breakfast, according to Mr. Watkins?
(a) Toast.
(b) Sugar doughnut.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Cereal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the college student at Mississippi College give William at breakfast in the student cafeteria?

2. Where does William look for his relative's tombstone with Noel Jones?

3. What do James and Charles discuss with William?

4. What are Bob, Tony, and Kirk rebuilding?

5. Where does William sleep for the night after he comes down an Appalachian mountain into Morristown, Tennessee?

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