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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 the Algonquian name for the river that means "white shining"?

2. How does William describe Cape Porpoise, Maine?

3. What time does William meet Tom at the dock in the morning?

4. What were the Rappites?

5. What kind of plane does William go up in to get an aerial view of Moscow, Idaho?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Portland, Oregon, get its name?

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

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

5. How does Tom sell his maple syrup?

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

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

8. What is William surprised to discover in The Sacred Pipe by Black Elk?

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

10. What does William discover about Marion Horner Robie?

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

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

What does William think about the desert of the southwest? What does he say about solitude during this part of his trip? How does the hitchhiker Porfirio provide him with company? Provide specific examples to support your answer.

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