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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 plant does William say the Indians used to wrap their food in for cooking?
(a) Corn husks.
(b) Squash leaves.
(c) Skunk cabbage.
(d) Grape leaves.

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

3. What kind of transport business does Tom Hunter own?
(a) Airplane.
(b) Barge.
(c) Truck.
(d) Ship.

4. What were the Rappites?
(a) Ohio rock formations.
(b) Religious sect of the 1800s.
(c) Artist group.
(d) Rock group.

5. How old is Marion?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who planted a symbolic privet-hedge labyrinth in Harmonie in 1820?

2. What does William have to do with Ghost Dancing in Grand Forks, North Dakota?

3. What job does Tom West have?

4. What entertainment is taking place in a deserted naval base in Rhode Island?

5. With what did Duncan McDougal threaten the Indian population in order to save the town of Astoria, Oregon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Tom sell his maple syrup?

3. What does William discover about Marion Horner Robie?

4. Describe William's visit with Scott Chisholm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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