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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is William impressed by in Fredericksburg, Texas?
(a) Its authenticity.
(b) Weather.
(c) Size of the buildings.
(d) Great food.

2. What is Swamp Guinea's Fish Lodge?
(a) Hotel for fishermen.
(b) Theme park.
(c) Camp site.
(d) Diner.

3. Who gave the "Path of Peace" its name?
(a) Federal agents.
(b) Choctaw tribe.
(c) Chickasaw Indians.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

4. What animal does William hit in the forest as he is trying to find Viola, California?
(a) Skunk.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Deer.
(d) Porcupine.

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

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

7. What is the "Path of Peace"?
(a) Five-hundred-mile trail.
(b) Nature trail in the city.
(c) Trail through the town of Selma.
(d) Path on a reservation.

8. What does William say about Kansas City, Kansas, in the opening pages of "South by Southwest"?
(a) He lived there as a child.
(b) First Western town.
(c) He grew up twenty miles from there.
(d) His favorite city.

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

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

11. What is the name of the bar where William sees rattlesnake skins nailed to the wall?
(a) Rick's.
(b) Watering Well.
(c) Sonny's Place.
(d) Lonestar Pub.

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

13. What is the name of the bar William goes to in Austin, Nevada, where people toss coins on the bar for good luck?
(a) My Way Cafe.
(b) Coin Bar.
(c) Wellspring Bar & Cafe.
(d) Clara's Golden Club.

14. What does the college student at Mississippi College give William at breakfast in the student cafeteria?
(a) Directions.
(b) Prayer modality.
(c) Her favorite song list.
(d) Course schedule.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the road William takes in Arizona that is mountainous and has a sign "Impassable to Trailers"?

2. What is advertised on the business card that Mr. Watkins gives to William?

3. Whom were the towns of Manteo and Wanchese named after?

4. How much money did an seventy-three-year-old Canadian woman win at the casino in Reno, Nevada?

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

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