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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area does Boone discover, along with his brother, just before the American Revolution?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Illinois.

2. What virtue does the narrator say that Washington particularly valued in his troops?
(a) Patience.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Honesty.

3. Why does Williams say that it is "water from a spring" to talk to M?
(a) Because M likes the rain in the spring.
(b) Because M is always so cheerful.
(c) Because M uses such original language.
(d) Because M lives near a spring.

4. What does Williams say that Lincoln finds no relief from?
(a) Madness.
(b) Bewilderment.
(c) Debt.
(d) Loneliness.

5. What does Williams say is the one thing that Americans fear more than anything else in the world?
(a) Touch.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) War.
(d) Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person in America who can live a life of leisure, like a gentleman, according to an early American saying that Franklin mentions?

2. What does Williams say that people of color excel at, more so than any white person?

3. What event in Poe's life trapped him in his poetry?

4. How does Jones say he reacted to the damage incurred by the Bon Homme Richard?

5. How can Boone's attitude toward Indians best be described?

(see the answer keys)

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