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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the inn in Jonesboro where Andrew Jackson almost got tarred and feathered?
(a) River Inn.
(b) Inn at Jonesboro.
(c) Stage Coach Inn.
(d) Chester Inn.

2. What holiday is it when William wakes up in Cookeville, Tennessee?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Fourth of July.
(d) Easter.

3. What is wrong with Porfirio's leg?
(a) He can't bend it.
(b) He cut it in an accident.
(c) It's sunburned.
(d) It is swollen from the heat.

4. Where does William ride out a sandstorm while at the Hopi Indian reservation?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Library.
(c) Community Center.
(d) Store.

5. Who says "To me, being Indian means being responsible to my people. Helping with the best tools. Who invented penicillin doesn't matter"?
(a) Author of "Zoom!"
(b) Gas station attendant.
(c) William.
(d) Kendrick Fritz.

6. What does "day down" mean?
(a) The day after.
(b) Late at night.
(c) The day before.
(d) Carolinian for sun down.

7. What are Bob, Tony, and Kirk rebuilding?
(a) A historic building.
(b) A boat.
(c) A cabin.
(d) A school.

8. What town is on the edge of a U.S. Navy bombing range in Section 5?
(a) Reno, Nevada.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Frenchman, Nevada.
(d) Sacramento, California.

9. Who is Porfirio Sanchez?
(a) Business owner.
(b) Radio disc jockey.
(c) Town merchant.
(d) Hitchhiker.

10. Who are James Walker and Charles Davis?
(a) William's cousins.
(b) Fishermen.
(c) Two young men in Selma, Alabama.
(d) Students.

11. Who does William talk with in Charlie's bar in Shreveport, Louisiana?
(a) A man who is a distant relative.
(b) A lady close to seventy.
(c) College students.
(d) Priest.

12. Who gave the "Path of Peace" its name?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) Chickasaw Indians.
(c) Choctaw tribe.
(d) Federal agents.

13. What do Barbara and William talk about over lunch?
(a) Race relations.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Flowers.

14. As William crosses into Texas, what emotion is he feeling?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Deep satisfaction.
(d) Excitement.

15. How old is Porfirio?
(a) Fifty-one.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Fifty-five.
(d) Sixty-seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reception does William receive from people in the Hopi Indian reservation?

2. Where does William sleep in Deming, New Mexico?

3. What does William eat that looks like an "airy tube the color of a thunderhead"?

4. How much money did an seventy-three-year-old Canadian woman win at the casino in Reno, Nevada?

5. What kind of work does William do for pay in Wanchese, North Carolina?

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