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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. How old was Mrs. Conway when she took the silver flute passage?
(a) 14.
(b) 22.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

2. In which city did the author meet the brothers?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York.

3. How long did Conway stay?
(a) 12 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 5 months.

4. In what month did Donna move out of the teepee?
(a) April.
(b) July.
(c) January.
(d) September.

5. What adjective is used to describe Karen Conway?
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Brilliant.
(c) Long-suffering.
(d) Slovenly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 6 begins in which year?

2. Which is not among the items Conway gifted to Valarie?

3. It was also around this time that Conway began to do what?

4. Conway attempted to prove to the man that he was some type of ________________.

5. How old was Conway when he became a naturalist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What activities did Conway take part in before and during his college career?

2. Where was Conway born and raised? In what kind of atmosphere did Conway live?

3. Conway had little to no money when he returned to North Carolina. Discuss Conway's plan.

4. Examine the incident in which Conway impressed Professor Clawson.

5. Gilbert compares Conway to Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. What is the comparison?

6. What are Conway's memories of his first trips into the woods as a child? What did Conway's parents teach him?

7. Discuss the pros and cons of Conway's blossoming celebrity.

8. What were Mrs. Conway's thoughts about the children playing in the woods?

9. To which famous frontiersman is Conway compared? Where would this person be found?

10. What is meant by the concept of America as a utopia?

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