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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 road William takes in Arizona that is mountainous and has a sign "Impassable to Trailers"?
(a) Mountain Road.
(b) Route 146.
(c) Sky High Road.
(d) Onion Saddle Road.

2. What does the college student at Mississippi College give William at breakfast in the student cafeteria?
(a) Course schedule.
(b) Her favorite song list.
(c) Prayer modality.
(d) Directions.

3. What is the "Path of Peace"?
(a) Five-hundred-mile trail.
(b) Nature trail in the city.
(c) Trail through the town of Selma.
(d) Path on a reservation.

4. What is the name of the bar William goes to in Austin, Nevada, where people toss coins on the bar for good luck?
(a) Wellspring Bar & Cafe.
(b) Clara's Golden Club.
(c) My Way Cafe.
(d) Coin Bar.

5. What meal does William eat at the Retreat House with the monks at the end of "Eastward"?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Brunch.

6. Why does William Least Heat-Moon decide to go on a driving trip across America?
(a) He is bored.
(b) He loses his teaching job.
(c) He has to get to New England in six months.
(d) He has always wanted to travel and now has money to do it.

7. How does William describe the generations who have lived on the Hopi Indian reservation?
(a) Messy.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Resourceful and patient.
(d) Talkative.

8. What is advertised on the business card that Mr. Watkins gives to William?
(a) Cafe in Merced.
(b) Plumbing company.
(c) Construction company.
(d) Cell phone service.

9. Where does William sleep for the night after he comes down an Appalachian mountain into Morristown, Tennessee?
(a) Park.
(b) Bank parking lot.
(c) Camp site.
(d) City shelter.

10. What branch of the military was William in when he hurt his leg?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Marines.
(c) Navy.
(d) Army.

11. With whom does William eat dinner in Shreveport?
(a) College students.
(b) Strangers in a bar.
(c) His cousin.
(d) Professors.

12. What are the roads like in the Appalachian mountains that test William's driving skills?
(a) Filled with roadkill.
(b) Straight.
(c) Too many stop signs.
(d) Wet and bumpy.

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

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

15. Who led marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) President Johnson.
(c) James Walker.
(d) Charles Davis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does William sleep most nights on his trip across America?

2. What animal does William hit in the forest as he is trying to find Viola, California?

3. What does the barmaid in Mickey's Place nickname William?

4. Who says "Find a way to make people bored with hating instead of helping"?

5. In what state does William have a chance to learn more about his relatives?

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