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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. Where does William sleep for the night after he comes down an Appalachian mountain into Morristown, Tennessee?

2. What is William's advice about finding good food to eat in small towns?

3. Who does William meet in Portal Paradise in Arizona?

4. What does Doris Walker own in Manteo, North Carolina?

5. Who is Porfirio Sanchez?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who surprises William in Portal Paradise?

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

4. Why does William name his van "Ghost Dancing"?

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

6. What does William learn from Kendrick Fritz?

7. What significance does William's trip take on when he reaches Alabama?

8. Is William able to find anyone to talk with in the Hopi Indian reservation?

9. How does William feel about having dinner with his cousin in Shreveport?

10. What is Portal Paradise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the changes William encounters in Newport and Quonset, Rhode Island. Why is he so irritated with these changes? Why does he feel like history is being replaced with things that are unimportant?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Portal Paradise a surprise for William? What does he like and dislike about his stay in this place? What unsettles the peacefulness he originally finds there?

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