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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shape are the cuts made into the mountainsides in strip mining?
(a) U-shaped
(b) V-shaped
(c) L-shaped
(d) O-shaped

2. What does McCullough advise people to limit in their lives?
(a) Gossiping
(b) Shopping
(c) Swearing
(d) Television

3. Which of the following is not a reason why strip mining is so popular?
(a) It is safer than working underground
(b) It creates no psychological fear
(c) It takes fewer men
(d) It doesn't take as long

4. What is mined in the state in the answer to #122?
(a) Coal
(b) Diamonds
(c) Uranium
(d) Gold

5. For what book is Antoine de Saint-Exupery most famous?
(a) Prince Valiant
(b) The Princess and the Pea
(c) The Prince and the Pauper
(d) The Little Prince

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Miriam's wealthy Uncle Walter almost always in debt?

2. What is the timeframe for the subject?

3. According to McCullough, who is the last U.S. president to have a sense of history?

4. From which university does Miriam hold an honorary degree?

5. "Cross the Blue Mountain" is a remembrance of whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Blair House in Washington, D.C.?

2. What are the characteristics of Richter's writing style?

3. Which aviators does McCullough include in this chapter?

4. What is the obvious theme in David Plowden's photography?

5. What is Miriams' affinity to fleas?

6. What is the scope of David Plowden's work?

7. Who is Miriam Rothschild as described in this chapter?

8. Explain the reason for Charles Lindbergh's loss of popularity in the United States.

9. How is Plowden both photographer and historian?

10. Why does strip mining continue in many states?

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