1. d. The messenger travels two blocks farther to the south than she does to the north and two blocks farther to the east than she does to the west. Therefore, she finishes southeast of where she began, in Quad- rant #4.
2. c. This is the simplest way around the one- way streets and Town Hall. Because Linda Lane is one-way the wrong way, some backtracking is inevitable. However, the residence is only one block from
Barcelona Boulevard, and so turning east on Barcelona requires the least amount of backtracking. Choice a directs the sanita- tion workers to turn the wrong way down a one-way street. Choice b requires too much backtracking. Choice d leaves the workers on Barcelona Boulevard, not on Linda Lane.
3. b. This route is the most direct because it requires the fewest turns. Choice a leads the sanitation workers the wrong way on McMahon Street. Choice c is not correct because Canyon Drive is a one-way street south. Choice d takes the workers too far east.
4. a. If Shift Supervisor Richfield turns right onto James Avenue, she will be facing north. A left turn onto Linda Lane turns her west again, and a right turn onto Liv- ingston Avenue turns her north. The final
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right turn onto Barcelona Boulevard turns her east.
5. d. This is the most direct route because it does not require any backtracking. Choice a is not correct because it would require Sanitation Worker Tennyson to go the wrong way on Mill Road. Choice b requires some backtracking and takes the worker the wrong way on Lynch Road. Choice c is not as direct because it requires the worker to move in the oppo- site direction from the call.
6. b. This is the fastest route, requiring the fewest turns. Choice a is not correct because Kent is a one-way street going east. Choice c requires too many turns and is not the most direct route. Choice d is not correct because Upton Street is one- way going north.
7. d. A left turn onto Lee Lane turns Sanitation Worker Kenney south. Another left turn onto Pecan Avenue turns her east. A left turn onto Main Street turns her north, and the final right turn onto Palmer turns her back east.
8. c. In choice a, a right onto State does not lead to Washington. Choices b and d would mean traveling the wrong way on a one-way street.
9. b. Using the directional guide for the map, it is easy to see that northwest is the only possible answer.
10. d. Carrying the load from west to east across the courtyard is the shortest distance to the back of the truck.
11. c. Choice a takes the man to the park, not to the Senior Citizens Center. Choice b takes the man too far south. Choice d takes him
to Lafayette Street, while the entrance to the Senior Citizens Center is on Grand. 12. d. Choice a takes the librarian the wrong
way on Avenue C. Choice b shows the wrong directions for the streets—Brook- lyn Street runs north-south, and Avenue B runs east-west. Choice c leaves the librar- ian one block east of the gas station. 13. b. Choices a and c take you the wrong way
on 1st Avenue. Choice d will get you to the southeast, not the northwest, corner of the park.
14. d. Choice a is less direct. Choice b does not start from the hospital and at any rate involves going the wrong way on Avenue B. Choice c is indirect and involves going the wrong way on Avenue D.
15. a. Choice b is less direct and involves going the wrong way on 1st Avenue. Choice c will lead away from 1st Avenue, not toward it. Choice d takes you the wrong way on Avenue C and 1st Avenue. 16. b. This is correct because it is the quickest
and most direct route. Answer a has too many turns to be the most direct. Answer c is a one-way street going north and wouldn’t be the right choice. Answer d takes the officers several blocks out of their way and is not the most direct. 17. b. This choice is correct because it is the
quickest and most direct route. Choice a has too many turns and takes the officers the wrong way on Adams Avenue. Lincoln Street is a one-way street going north, so choice c is wrong. Choice d takes the offi- cers several blocks out of their way and so is not the most direct.
18. c. A right turn onto Glade Road turns Offi- cer Tananga west. The left onto Taft Road turns him south; the right onto Pine Avenue turns him west, the right onto Cleveland Avenue turns him back north, and the right onto Wilshire Avenue turns him east.
19. a. This is the most direct route to the Hillary Mansion, requiring the fewest changes in direction. Answer b requires the officer to drive through the Rossmore Hospital. Route c takes the officer the wrong way up West Broadway. Answer d takes the officer the wrong way on North Avenue.
20. c. This route requires the fewest number of turns. Answer a is wrong because Martin Road is a one-way street. Answer b requires a number of turns and goes the wrong way on Arthur Way. Answer d would mean traveling the wrong way on a one-way street.