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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 pretend to be while stealing in Chapter 7?

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

4. The narrator and travel companion decided to take a road trip because they were _____.

5. What did the locals label Che and Alberto in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Che tell his mother in his first letter to her?

2. Who was Chichina, what did she give Alberto, and why?

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

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

5. Who or what was La Ponderosa II?

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

7. What did Che and Alberto do in Junin de los Andes?

8. What did Che do for an old woman in Chapter 17? How did he feel about this?

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

10. Where did Che and Alberto leave La Ponderosa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

In the text of "The Motorcycle Diaries", Che often mentions the oppression he witnesses of the lower classes. At the same time, however, the book is also about the freedom the men experience while traveling the continent. Choose an angle and argue whether "The Motorcycle Diaries" is a story about freedom or a story about oppression.

Essay Topic 3

During their trip, Che and Alberto visit several leper colonies. Discuss how the leper colonies are a metaphor for the underclass of Latin America.

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