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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather when William wakes up in Morristown?
(a) Cool and clear.
(b) Snowing.
(c) Hot.
(d) Muggy.

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

3. What happens to William's van on the campus of East Carolina University?
(a) Someone tries to steal it.
(b) Students laugh at it.
(c) It starts to get towed.
(d) It breaks down.

4. Who is Porfirio going to visit in Big Spring, Texas?
(a) Sick brother.
(b) Parents.
(c) Sister.
(d) Cousins.

5. Where does William begin his trip?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Dearborn, Michigan.
(c) Columbia, Missouri.
(d) Flagstaff, Arizona.

6. Why does William Least Heat-Moon decide to go on a driving trip across America?
(a) He is bored.
(b) He has to get to New England in six months.
(c) He loses his teaching job.
(d) He has always wanted to travel and now has money to do it.

7. What reception does William receive from people in the Hopi Indian reservation?
(a) No one is willing to talk with him.
(b) Inclusive.
(c) Welcoming.
(d) Some talk, while others listen.

8. What town is on the edge of a U.S. Navy bombing range in Section 5?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Reno, Nevada.
(c) Sacramento, California.
(d) Frenchman, Nevada.

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

10. What does the barmaid in Mickey's Place nickname William?
(a) Mr. Too Many Questions.
(b) Mr. Glum.
(c) Mr. Chicago.
(d) Mr. Curious.

11. In what state does William have a chance to learn more about his relatives?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Georgia.

12. As William crosses into Texas, what emotion is he feeling?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Deep satisfaction.
(d) Happiness.

13. What is William struck by as he drives through Mississippi?
(a) Indian-sounding names.
(b) How fast he can drive on the highway.
(c) The number of ducks by the side of the road.
(d) How many forests there are.

14. Who are James Walker and Charles Davis?
(a) William's cousins.
(b) Two young men in Selma, Alabama.
(c) Fishermen.
(d) Students.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What name do they have for the wind around Fort Stockton, Texas?

3. What color suspenders does William wear while on his journey?

4. Who gave the "Path of Peace" its name?

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

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