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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 coastal town does William find has changed--and not for the better--since his years in the navy?

3. What is the nickname of the residents of Pine Barrens?

4. How old is Marion?

5. What body of water is mentioned at the beginning of Section 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does William discover about Marion Horner Robie?

5. What memory does William have of Vern when he thinks about the lack of service at gas stations?

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

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

8. Describe William's experience sleeping in a dorm room at Central Michigan University.

9. What kind of reception does William receive when he is looking for directions to Othello, New Jersey?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism of William's van, Ghost Dancing. Why does he give this name to his van? What does it represent to him?

Essay Topic 3

What Indian history does William learn about during his journey? Why are the Hopi Indians reluctant to talk with William when he is on the reservation? How does he learn about Hopi ways from Kendrick Fritz in a non-Indian setting?

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