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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 town in Connecticut used to make clipper ships?

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

3. What is the natural wonder that stands 300 feet high on the northern Oregon coast?

4. Whom does William call from a pay phone in western Oregon?

5. What was the name of the first American ship to stop at the Northwest coast in 1788?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does William feel about returning home?

4. Does William have second thoughts about picking up the hitchhiker Arthur O. Bakke?

5. What importance does maple syrup have to Tom Hunter?

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

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

8. Describe William's visit with Scott Chisholm.

9. What does Alice say changed the social pattern of Smith Island?

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

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

Analyze William's role as a teacher of America's history. In what way does he provide this information? Is he successful in capturing your attention? How so? Provide several examples of historical information you gained through William's narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Identify two images used to describe William's journey through the Great Plains of Montana and North Dakota. How do these images convey William's feelings about driving through this landscape? Provide examples to support your response.

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