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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. What does Reiner tell Damon is his profession in Part One: The Follower?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Writer.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Chef.

2. To where did the traveler miss a train in Part One: The Follower, leading him to stay in a stranger's hostel room?
(a) Quito, Ecuador.
(b) Athens, Greece.
(c) Rome, Italy.
(d) Sydney, Australia.

3. After camping overnight in a storm in Part One: The Follower, Reiner wants to leave but Damon is looking for what, which was lost in the storm?
(a) His watch.
(b) His glasses.
(c) Tent pegs.
(d) A compass.

4. When did the Persian Gulf War begin?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1990.

5. After abandoning Reiner in Part One: The Follower, Damon gets a ride with a woman who's going where?
(a) Roma.
(b) Maseru.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Lesotho.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city are Damon and Reiner surprised to find hotels, casinos and crowded streets in Part One: The Follower?

2. On the second day of their trip into the Drakensberg mountains, Damon and Reiner plan to undertake their longest walk to a settlement named what in Part One: The Follower?

3. Who helps Reiner and Damon by sending them to a village where they sleep on the mud floor of a hut the night after they take off for the Drakensberg mountains?

4. Damon equates being loved with what in the narrative?

5. The first leg of the trip Damon and Reiner take in South Africa is on a train from Cape Town to where in Part One: The Follower?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the stranger come to the narrator's room at the hostel in Part One: The Follower? Who is the man?

2. Where do Damon and Reiner sleep the first night of their hike into the mountains in Part One: The Follower?

3. What are the days along the journey like for Damon and Reiner in Part One: The Follower? When do they do the most walking?

4. When Reiner and Damon stop to rest along the second leg of their journey at a village in Part One: The Follower, what is their relationship like?

5. What exhausting hike does Reiner suggest along the second leg of the hike to Lesotho in Part One: The Follower? How is it described?

6. Where are Reiner and Damon when they complete the first leg of their Lesotho trip in Part One: The Follower? Where do they find a place to camp?

7. What role does Damon play in Part One: The Follower? Who is the narrator of the story?

8. What conclusions arise from Part One: The Follower? What has Damon gained through his journey in this story?

9. What differences does Damon see between himself and Reiner before they depart for Lesotho in Part One: The Follower?

10. How does the author set up the opening of Part One: The Follower? How are the travelers described?

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