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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Watkins serve Mr. Watkins for breakfast?
(a) Juice.
(b) Milk.
(c) Tea.
(d) Sanka.

3. Who says "Find a way to make people bored with hating instead of helping"?
(a) Dolores Del Rio.
(b) Mr. Martin.
(c) William.
(d) Barbara Pierre.

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

5. What town in Tennessee is William's favorite name of all the towns he visits on his journey?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Athens.
(d) Nameless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather when William wakes up in Morristown?

2. What is a saguaro?

3. What story does Noel tell William when they are standing by the location of an old spring?

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

5. What does William think of Dime Box, Texas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Barbara Pierre and William talk about over lunch?

2. What causes William to travel across America?

3. What is Portal Paradise?

4. What does William discover in Nameless, Tennessee?

5. What is William's experience when he jumps into Hat Creek to wash up?

6. What happens when William sleeps in his van on the campus of East Carolina University?

7. What is the reaction when William orders a chocolate milkshake near Frenchman, Nevada?

8. What figure in history is Dare County, North Carolina, named after?

9. Who surprises William in Portal Paradise?

10. Describe what William learns about Cajun music while in Louisiana.

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