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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to La Ponderosa in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 6, who gave Che and Alberto a room to stay in?

3. What happened to La Ponderosa in Chapter 15?

4. What happened to La Ponderosa in Chapter 6?

5. Who helped fix La Ponderosa in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Che and Alberto decide to take a road trip?

2. What did some doctors in Chile say about leprosy?

3. Why was Che mad at the "Yankees" in Chapter 17?

4. How did Che and Alberto plan to get to Easter Island? Did this work?

5. What was already wrong with La Ponderosa II by the end of Chapter 6?

6. Who or what was La Ponderosa II?

7. What did Che recall about his Peronist friend in Argentina?

8. What happened while La Ponderosa was being repaired in Chapter 10?

9. What happened to La Ponderosa in Chapter 14?

10. Towards the beginning of the memoir, what did Che believe his destiny involved?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the theme of compassion throughout the memoir.

Essay Topic 2

Write a brief biography of Che Guevara, including his time spent in Cuba and how he met his death.

Essay Topic 3

When "The Motorcycle Diaries" begins, Che is a young man in his twenties and quite youthful. Discuss how the book is a story about youth, and at the same time about loss of youth.

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