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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 did Che read in Chapter 11?

2. What did Che and Alberto lose in the beginning of Chapter 19?

3. Why did Che and Alberto want to stay in the fire station?

4. What was done to La Ponderosa in Chapter 8?

5. Che and Alberto were picked up by a truck from Magdalena. What was the truck full of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 19, what did Che and Alberto lose and what did this force them to do?

3. Describe Che and Alberto's experience at the fire station.

4. What happened to La Ponderosa in Chapter 14?

5. Who or what was La Ponderosa II?

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

7. Describe the Chilean workers that Che and Alberto encountered.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"The Motorcycle Diaries" takes place in Latin America. Write an essay on how this setting enriches the story. Be sure to ask, would the story be the same if it took place somewhere else? What makes it specifically Latin American?

Essay Topic 2

Describe race relations within each country and how they differ and are similar to each other.

Essay Topic 3

Explore and discuss examples of social class divisions within the text, being sure to touch upon:

a) Race.

b) Health.

c) Region.

Be sure to cite examples from the text.

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