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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. Where did Marion once work?
(a) Post office.
(b) Library.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Elementary school.

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

3. What is the Algonquian name for the river that means "white shining"?
(a) Evanston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Wabash.
(d) Whitman.

4. How does William describe Cape Porpoise, Maine?
(a) Messy and run down.
(b) White picket fence village.
(c) Urban and sophisticated.
(d) Suburban paradise.

5. What name did Robert Owen give the town of Harmonie?
(a) New Harmony.
(b) St. Harmony.
(c) Old Harmony.
(d) Harmonic Delight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Rappites?

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

3. Where does William visit at the end of Section 7?

4. What kind of transport business does Tom Hunter own?

5. What style house does Scott live in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe William's visit with Scott Chisholm.

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

3. Describe how Captain Clark interacted with the Nez Perce Indians.

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

5. What is William surprised to discover in The Sacred Pipe by Black Elk?

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

7. How did Portland, Oregon, get its name?

8. Does William feel bored with the flat terrain of Montana and North Dakota?

9. How does William describe the location of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

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

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