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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. Why is Peter's climb in the mountains such a challenge?

2. On what date do Peter and Cooper arrive at their first city destination?

3. Where are Peter and Cooper when Chapter 1 begins?

4. In Chapter 7, what does Peter's host offer him?

5. What is Peter's response to his host's offer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the map that Peter provides in his book.

2. In Chapter 1, how does Peter feel about America? What does he decide to do? Why does he change his mind?

3. Describe Peter's life while in college.

4. Describe Peter's emotional state as he starts his journey at the end of Chapter 4.

5. In Chapter 9, Peter meets a woman at a diner. Describe their interaction.

6. In Chapter 11, Peter falls ill. Describe the days he was ill.

7. List some hardships that Peter faces in Chapter 5.

8. What is Peter's experience in Robbinsville, North Carolina?

9. Describe Peter's interaction with the Special Bureau of Investigation officer in Chapter 12.

10. In Chapter 5, what is Peter's impression of West Virgina? What is he shocked to find?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peter describes a dream he has before moving in with the Oliver family. Describe the dream Peter has. What is the significance of this dream? How does this dream come true?

Essay Topic 2

Peter Jenkins writes A Walk Across America in the first-person narrative. Define first-person narrative versus third-person narrative. Would the book be better if written in the third person? What particular scenes would be better and why?

Essay Topic 3

Peter has to make many choices in A Walk Across America. Describe three choices that Peter makes during the course of the book and how these decisions change the course of Peter's journey.

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