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

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

3. What name did Robert Owen give the town of Harmonie?
(a) Old Harmony.
(b) Harmonic Delight.
(c) St. Harmony.
(d) New Harmony.

4. What route does William take when he gets to New Jersey and wants to travel to the Pine Barrens?
(a) Route 102.
(b) U.S. Highway 9.
(c) Interstate 87.
(d) George Washington Bridge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What body of water is mentioned at the beginning of Section 10?

2. Where does Scott Chisholm live?

3. What does William like best about Pete and his family?

4. What is Stacie McDougald running away from?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does William feel about returning home?

2. What is William surprised to discover in The Sacred Pipe by Black Elk?

3. How does William describe the town of New Harmony?

4. Does William feel bored with the flat terrain of Montana and North Dakota?

5. How did Duncan McDougal save the Astor fur trading post from destruction by the Indians?

6. Where does William notice old tires as he drives through West Virginia?

7. What memory does William have of Vern when he thinks about the lack of service at gas stations?

8. Is William disappointed with the changes he sees in the Newport, Rhode Island, area?

9. What does William discover about Marion Horner Robie?

10. Describe what William buys at the city market in Annapolis.

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