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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is advertised on the business card that Mr. Watkins gives to William?

2. Why does William Least Heat-Moon decide to go on a driving trip across America?

3. What reception does William receive from people in the Hopi Indian reservation?

4. How does William describe the generations who have lived on the Hopi Indian reservation?

5. What poet said "Memory is a kind of accomplishment" that William thinks of as he drives toward Dime Box?

Short Essay Questions

1. What history does William learn when he visits Ninety Six, South Carolina?

2. What does William learn from meeting James Walker and Charles Davis?

3. How does William discover information about his Caucasian relatives in North Carolina?

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

5. What is Portal Paradise?

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

7. What causes William to travel across America?

8. What are blue highways?

9. What does William learn from Kendrick Fritz?

10. When does William begin to question his plan to travel across America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss William's journey through New Hampshire and Maine. Do people seem willing to talk to him in this region? How so? What does he learn about small business owners while in these states? Provide specific textual examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of food in this travel experience. What is his most memorable eating experience on this trip? Where does he like to stop to eat? What advice does he have about cafes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the value of the work that William does with Scott Chisholm. What does William believe is important about this work? How does he feel after completing it?

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