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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 does William discover about the town of Liberty Bond, Washington?
(a) It is located in the southern part of the state.
(b) It is at least two hours from North Bonneville.
(c) It has disappeared.
(d) It is an active town.

2. Where did William buy The Sacred Pipe, by Black Elk?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Boston.
(c) Denver.
(d) Miami.

3. What job did Fred have in the Vietnam war?
(a) Medic.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Gunner.
(d) Pilot.

4. What is the Boston University student studying in Kennebunkport, Maine?
(a) Marine biology.
(b) Marketing of tourism.
(c) History of the town.
(d) Old gristmill on Kennebunkport River.

5. How old is the farmhouse that Pete and his wife refurbished?
(a) Eighty years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Two hundred years.
(d) One hundred years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does William meet Tom at the dock in the morning?

2. In what town does William stop lunch in when he eats a dozen fresh clams at a city market?

3. What is the relationship between William and Fred Tomlins?

4. What do Fred and his wife like to watch on television?

5. What does William find in the forest of the Cascades in Oregon that he places in a pail to photograph later?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alba Bartholomew feel when he is hang gliding?

2. Is William disappointed with the changes he sees in the Newport, Rhode Island, area?

3. What causes William to worry that he wants to give up on his trip and head for home when he is in Oregon?

4. What is William's state of mind when he is traveling through New England?

5. Where does William notice old tires as he drives through West Virginia?

6. What does William discover when he travels into the Pine Barrens of New Jersey?

7. Describe the day William spends with his friend, Fred Tomlins.

8. How does William describe the town of New Harmony?

9. Describe what William buys at the city market in Annapolis.

10. Describe William's experience fishing on the Allison E.

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