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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does William complain about when he stops for gas in Fredericksburg, Virginia?
(a) Weather.
(b) Price of gas.
(c) Price of food.
(d) Loss of service.

2. What is Stacie McDougald running away from?
(a) Police.
(b) Drug dealers.
(c) Grandparents.
(d) Abusive stepfather.

3. What did Sacajawea ask Lewis and Clark to bring her to see on the Oregon coast?
(a) Cliffs.
(b) Beached whale.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Dolphins.

4. Who named Cape Foulweather?
(a) Captain Lewis.
(b) Captain James Cook.
(c) Captain Clark.
(d) Black Elk.

5. How does Pete make his living?
(a) Selling hardware.
(b) Light farming.
(c) Banking.
(d) Fixing automobiles.

6. How does William describe Cape Porpoise, Maine?
(a) Messy and run down.
(b) Suburban paradise.
(c) Urban and sophisticated.
(d) White picket fence village.

7. For what did the Nez Perce Indians value Captain Clark?
(a) His ability to tell a story.
(b) His ability to dress a wound.
(c) His boastfulness.
(d) His humor.

8. What does William envy about Arthur's way of life?
(a) Job security.
(b) Simplicity of purpose.
(c) Clear set of goals.
(d) Easy money.

9. In what town does William stop lunch in when he eats a dozen fresh clams at a city market?
(a) Williamsburg.
(b) Quonset.
(c) Annapolis.
(d) Dover.

10. Where does William sleep one night in Depoe Bay?
(a) Campground.
(b) Motel.
(c) In his van on the waterfront.
(d) In a sleeping bag on the beach.

11. Where does William spend the night on Smith Island?
(a) In a tent in a backyard.
(b) In his van.
(c) Rooming house.
(d) Nice hotel.

12. Where does William travel to at the beginning of Section 8?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Canada.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Wisconsin.

13. What is the name of the university where William spends the night in a dorm in Michigan?
(a) Lake Superior State University.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) Kalamazoo College.
(d) Central Michigan University.

14. What happened to Pete when he was a young boy?
(a) He moved to England.
(b) He was given a piano.
(c) He lost his puppy.
(d) He was crippled.

15. What coastal town does William find has changed--and not for the better--since his years in the navy?
(a) Jamestown.
(b) Warwick.
(c) Point Judith.
(d) Newport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between William and Fred Tomlins?

2. What job does Tom West have?

3. Where did Marion once work?

4. How old is the farmhouse that Pete and his wife refurbished?

5. With what did Duncan McDougal threaten the Indian population in order to save the town of Astoria, Oregon?

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