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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 does William see on Route 33 in West Virginia that signals a hard life?

2. What do Fred and his wife like to watch on television?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom sell his maple syrup?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does William think of Grand Forks, North Dakota?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does William react to Stacie McDougald's story? What does his kindness toward her tell you about his values as a person? How does William "go the extra mile" for Stacie?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss three encounters William has with people during his travels that affect him the most. What does he learn from these individuals and how does it change him in some way?

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