2. What does Caudill call his tours of Kentucky strip mines for visitors from other states?
(a) Kentucky's Lesions
(b) Harry's Horror Tours
(c) Yours, Mine and Theirs Tours
(d) Harry's House of Horrors

3. Who is the first American to orbit the Earth?
(a) John Glenn
(b) Gus Grissom
(c) Jim Lovell
(d) Buzz Aldrin

4. How many aviators die attempting to cross the Atlantic before Charles Lindbergh, Jr.?
(a) 6
(b) 3
(c) 7
(d) 16

5. When did Lindbergh land in Paris?
(a) May 21, 1937
(b) July 4, 1947
(c) June 25, 1927
(d) May 21, 1927

6. Who is the aviator who disappears in the Marianas?
(a) Beryl Markham
(b) Amelia Earhart
(c) Nevil Norway
(d) Antoine de Saint-Exupery

7. What major award did Richter win in 1951?
(a) The National Book Award
(b) The Nobel Prize
(c) The Academy Award
(d) The Pulitzer Prize

8. According to McCullough, who is the last U.S. president to have a sense of history?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(b) Harry S. Truman
(c) John F. Kennedy
(d) William J. Clinton

9. Which of the following does Plowden not arrive in time to photograph before its demise?
(a) The Scranton Railroad Station
(b) The Flamingo Hotel
(c) The SS Algosooo
(d) The Hoboken Ferry

10. For what publication does Richter write during The Great Depression?
(a) The Reader's Digest
(b) Life Magazine
(c) Look Magazine
(d) The Saturday Evening Post

11. In strip mining, how many acres are disturbed for every acre mined?
(a) 1
(b) 7
(c) 3
(d) 5

12. Where does Plowden fall in love with trains?
(a) Colorado
(b) California
(c) Maine
(d) Vermont

13. Who is the only president to retire in Washington?
(a) George H. W. Bush
(b) Ulysses S. Grant
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Woodrow Wilson

14. What shape is the Octagon House?
(a) Square
(b) Rectangular
(c) Hexagonal
(d) Octagonal

15. With what part or the country is Plowden enamored?
(a) Southeast
(b) Midwest
(c) New England
(d) Northwest